TIM COOK

Covertly breaking the code wouldn’t set the legal precedent the FBI wants, cybersecurity experts say.

Apple CEO Tim Cook and others warn that granting the government access to customers' iPhone data would violate First Amendment rights — and lead to more requests.

The FBI wants Apple to help break into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters; but they have refused, citing privacy concerns.

Improved encryption would frustrate U.S. investigators who are facing problems obtaining data from Apple’s servers related to the San Bernardino case.

Meanwhile, in an interview with ABC News, Tim Cook said fighting against entry into people's smartphones was the right thing to do.

Employees at a Chinese assembly plant that makes iPhones are working long hours for an average wage that’s 2,500 times lower than Apple CEO Tim Cook’s salary.

"I just think it is not the right to thing to unplug [encryption] from the mainstream products that people use,” Mark Zuckerberg said.

The CEO also said that Apple was not committed to an idea until it was spending money on tooling.

Although the FBI maintains that its order is narrowly tailored, Apple argues it would set a “dangerous precedent­” for the future.

The company refuses to create software to unlock an iPhone use by San Bernardino Shooter Syed Rizwan Farook.

It's the agency's response to Apple's charge of a botched investigation in the ongoing conflict over access to Syed Farook's smartphone.

Officials were paying for MDM software that could have easily bypassed the passcode on Syed Farook’s iPhone.

A group called Fight for the Future is organizing events for Tuesday in more than 30 cities to support the tech company's stand against the FBI.

Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook and FBI Director James Comey have been invited to testify on encryption technology by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.

The U.S. says San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook used the iPhone 5C at the center of a heated privacy debate to communicate with victims.

The Republican U.S. presidential candidate says the San Bernardino shooter’s phone is government property.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a motion Friday to force Apple to follow a judge’s order to unlock the iPhone of one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attacks last year.

A proposal by the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee would penalize companies that fail to comply with court orders to decipher messages.

Unlike Apple’s public opposition to the FBI’s request to help unlock the San Bernardino shooting suspect’s iPhone, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter have been more restrained.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai voiced support for Apple's stance against government backdoors, but not for 24 hours.

Discussions around the tech company's standoff with the FBI were largely positive Wednesday, according to one analysis.