Google, Facebook, Microsoft and other tech companies file court papers backing Apple

Tech companies and security experts sign ‘friends of the court’ brief in support of Apple’s iPhone encryption case against FBI
The nation’s leading tech companies joined security experts, independent programmers and civil liberties advocates who filed court papers backing Apple in its fight with the FBI over an encrypted iPhone used by an extremist killer.
Several law enforcement groups, meanwhile, filed briefs in support of federal authorities who are seeking Apple&rsqu