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Apple have warned users that if the FBI wins its lawsuit and forces them to unlock the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino killer’s – it won’t be long before the U.S. government can also force them into enabling the cameras and microphones remotely on users iPhone’s.  Apple’s head of services, Eddy Cue, said that the FBI’s demands will create a “dangerous precedent” in offering backdoors into users’ smartphones. The Guardian reports: Cue said to Univision: “Someday they will want [Apple] to turn on [a user’s] camera or microphone.

Edward Snowden has rubbished claims made by the FBI that it needs Apple to unlock the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters.  Snowden says that the FBI is talking “horse sh*t” in claiming that it is technically unable to unlock the phone without Apple’s assistance, and claims the lawsuit is fraudulent. RT.com reports: Over a video link appearance at Blueprint for a Great Democracy conference on Tuesday, Snowden took Apple’s side.