Apple Goes From Waging Encryption War With FBI To Holding Hush-Hush Global Police Summits — An Evolving Relationship With Law Enforcement?

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has reportedly been secretly aiding law enforcement agencies in leveraging its products for surveillance purposes.

What Happened: In the last five years, Apple has conducted two “Global Police Summit” events gathering police agencies worldwide to discuss the best use of the tech giant’s products, reported Forbes on Thursday.

This revelation challenges the popular notion that Apple maintains a strained relationship with law enforcement, a belief rooted in its refusal to aid the FBI in hacking an iPhone associated with the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attacks.

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The tech behemoth has been hosting meetings at its Cupertino and Elk Grove campuses and launched undisclosed projects to assist law enforcement in using iPhones, Macs, Vision Pro, and CarPlay.

These summits, attended by ...

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