Apple’s latest court filing challenges the constitutionality of the government’s demands that Apple help unlock Syed Farook s phone. Apple has been asked to build new iOS firmware that would disable or bypass security provisions in the operating system that prevent brute-force attacks against the passcode unlocking the phone; the phone automatically wipes itself after 10 missed guesses. The government contends this is a one-time request, while Apple counters that its compliance would set a precedent that could be used in perpetuity. Apple stands by a legal declaration that computer code is the equivalent of speech.
Source: https://threatpost.com/apple-counters-fbis-backdoor-demand-as-unconstitutional/116822/