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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInteresting article - How Apple could let the FBI crack your encrypted iPhone
Just fyi ... I found this an interesting article. This looks at the situation from a technical perspective, not the pros and cons of privacy.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/3035253/encryption/how-apple-could-let-the-fbi-crack-your-encrypted-iphone.html?token=%23tk.IFWNLE_nlt_infoworld_daily_2016-02-19&idg_eid=b959ac7c152e042b9cad78f7c2cf7a7c&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=InfoWorld%20Daily:%20Afternoon%20Edition%202016-02-19&utm_term=infoworld_daily#tk.IFW_nlt_infoworld_daily_2016-02-19
True Earthling
(832 posts)Last edited Sat Feb 20, 2016, 12:38 PM - Edit history (1)
The only rationale that would make sense is that they are anti-gov't or anti-LE.
There is a lot of confusion as to what the FBI is requesting and what Apple can do. It's a good article that everyone should read if they want to understand what is at stake.
Apple is not giving the FBI a back door. With what the FBI is requesting, to crack a phone... a criminal would need the physical phone AND a copy of the Software Image File AND a signed special key that only Apple possesses which is specific to only that phone.
There would be virtually zero risk that this would expose millions of phones hacking.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)I am in full agreement with privacy rights. Done correctly, this would be IMO a one shot deal.
True Earthling
(832 posts)They make terrorism fearmongering accusations against anyone who supports the FBI while they engage in their own fearmongering about the scary, evil gov't/LE. Then they spout statistics about how low the odds are of dying in a terrorist attack like terrorism only matters if it directly effects them..and not when it happens to someone else. It doesn't seem like they're aware that the low statistical chance of a terrorist attack is not because the terrorists are not trying... it's because of the efforts of the gov't & LE to gather information and uncover plots and that for every successful attack there are probably hundreds of attacks that have been prevented. The real issue is preventing another San Bernadino or Paris.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)They may be afraid it is possible, and they don't want the public to know it. Otherwise, why stonewall? It seems that the public would be doubly assured of Apple's privacy protections if the government comes away from the effort with, "They're right. It can't be done."
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RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Whatever happens, it will certainly set a precedence.
randome
(34,845 posts)And it also sounds like the FBI is quite willing to hand over the phone to Apple for the effort, which means the FBI would never have this 'back door' in their possession.
The warrant is not as broad in scope as some have made it out to be, at least from what the article describes.
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RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Apple controls it.
True Earthling
(832 posts)The DOJ motion says it all...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-escalates-battle-apple-san-bernardino-shooters-phone/story?id=37056775
randome
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