Submission + - EFF: Why the First Amendment means that the FBI can't force Apple to sign code (boingboing.net)
Kurast writes: Code is speech: critical court rulings from the early history of the Electronic Frontier Foundation held that code was a form of expressive speech, protected by the First Amendment.
The EFF has just submitted an amicus brief in support of Apple in its fight against the FBI, representing 46 "technologists, researchers and cryptographers," laying out the case that the First Amendment means that Apple can't be forced to utter speech to the government's command, and they especially can't be forced to sign and endorse that speech.
In a "deep dive" post, EFF's Andrew Crocker and Jamie Williams take you through the argument, step by step.
The EFF has just submitted an amicus brief in support of Apple in its fight against the FBI, representing 46 "technologists, researchers and cryptographers," laying out the case that the First Amendment means that Apple can't be forced to utter speech to the government's command, and they especially can't be forced to sign and endorse that speech.
In a "deep dive" post, EFF's Andrew Crocker and Jamie Williams take you through the argument, step by step.
