The First Amendment Coalition, an award winning nonprofit public interest organization dedicated to advancing free speech and a more open and accountable government, recently published an article on its website arguing that the current court order, requiring Apple to write code to crack its security, violates Apple’s First Amendment Rights. The basic argument, and one I think is right, is that requiring Apple to write code is akin to requiring Apple to speak.  The United States Supreme Court has never addressed whether or not computer code is speech.  Some appellate courts have addressed the issue and concluded code is speech.  Code … Continue reading Go Apple Go…. Part 3