Here's what Apple's top lawyer will tell Congress tomorrow
Apple's top legal executive, Bruce Sewell, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee tomorrow and fight for Apple's position that it shouldn't be forced to create a back door into the iPhone for the FBI.
CEO Tim Cook and other executives have already laid out Apple's arguments, but Sewell's testimony explains the issues at hand in clear, plain English.
Sewell poses three big questions that have massive implications for not just Apple, but other tech companies and the FBI:
- "Do we want to put a limit on the technology that protects our data, and therefore our privacy and our safety, in the face of increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks?"
- "Should the FBI be allowed to stop Apple, or any company, from offering the American people the safest and most secure product it can make?"
- "Should the FBI have the right to compel a company to produce a product it doesn't already make, to the FBI's exact specifications and for the FBI's use?"
Here's the full opening statement Sewell will give tomorrow in court, courtesy of Apple: