U.s. Tech Companies Unite Behind Apple Ahead Of Iphone Encryption Ruling

[Ron Burgundy]

Tech industry leaders including Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc , Microsoft Corp , AT&T and more than two dozen other Internet and technology companies were filing legal briefs on Thursday asking a judge to support Apple Inc in its encryption battle with the U.S. government, court documents and sources familiar with the companies' plans said. The rare display of unity and support from Apple's sometime-rivals showed the breadth of Silicon Valley's opposition to the government's anti-encryption effort. Apple's battle became public last month when the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation obtained a court order requiring the company to write new software and take other measures to disable passcode protection and allow access to an iPhone used by one of the shooters in the December killings in San Bernardino.

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