Apple is right to fight the FBI. We can’t let governments backdoor the iPhone.
Join a rally near you February 23rd, 5:30PM, Apple Stores Everywhere
What just happened?
The FBI just got a judge to order Apple to create a backdoor into the iPhone—putting all of our safety at risk by exposing personal information to hackers, criminals, terrorists, and government spies. For more details and background, read the story in Wapo, this analysis by Techdirt, and and the response from Apple.
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List of rallies
All events at 5:30pm local time.
- Boston, MA
- Houston, TX
- Los Angeles, CA
- Metairie, LA
- New York, NY
- Portland, OR
- San Diego, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Santa Monica, CA
- Washington, DC
Member-led rallies
- Albuquerque, NM
- Anchorage, AK
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Atlanta, GA
- Boulder, CO
- Brandon, FL
- Cherry Hill, NJ
- Chicago, IL
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Corte Madera, CA
- Durham, NC
- Exeter, UK
- Farmington, CT
- Glendale, WI
- Huntington Station, NY
- Miami Beach, FL
- Minneapolis, MN
- Modesto, CA
- Munich, Germany
- Palm Beach Gardens, FL
- Palo Alto, CA
- Philadelphia, PA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- Ridgeland, MS
- Sacramento, CA
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Seattle, WA
- Spokane Valley
- Tampa, FL
- Thousand Oaks, CA
- Valencia, CA
Resources for rallies
- Show up on Tuesday at 5:30pm local time and gather in front of the store holding signs or phones, computers, and tablets open to ProtestSign.org (which turns your device into a handy protest sign!) You can also bring your own handmade sign too! Our basic message is: “FBI: Don’t break our iPhones!” and “Secure Phones Save Lives.”
- Be energetic, but positive! We’re angry that the FBI is trying to make all of us less safe by undermining Apple’s security, but the goal of these events is to educate the public, lawmakers, and the press about WHY this is so dangerous. So let’s channel our anger into action!
- Get some photos of the group with your phones and signs up. Send your photos IMMEDIATELY to team@fightforthefuture.org and we’ll help get them out to the press and on social media. The faster you can send photos the more likely we are to get press attention. You can also post photos on social media with the hashtag #DontBreakOurPhones.
- Today up until the rally: message, call, & text everyone you know to come show support. It really works! Let us know if you’ll have time to do more outreach and we can further assist you.
- Print out this flyer, and hand it to passers-by and media crews.