Support for Apple in conflict

- Apple gets support in the conflict that the company has with the FBI about whether or not forced unlock an iPhone. Companies like Twitter, LinkedIn, Airbnb, eBay and a small dozen tech industry peers align themselves in this struggle behind the maker of smartphones.

The FBI wants to force through the courts Apple to develop special firmware that provides access to data from the iPhone an assassin. The smartphone might contain information about a shooting in San Bernardino last December.

However, Apple is afraid that the US government will use the technology to also crack other smartphones and does not participate in this invasion of privacy.

The tech companies outline in a letter to the judge why they agree with Apple. Also Alphabet (parent company of Google), Microsoft and Facebook align themselves according to sources behind Apple.