Apple's Loss Of Privacy

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There is a juicy battle that is occurring between the FBI and the Apple company. Today, in America, there a bunch of cases of terrorism and crime. The FBI asked Apple for an app that would help them go through any phone data and hack any password. I do not agree with this whole situation. This is a major step-back for technology and everyone’s privacy. This is a total invasion of people's privacy which is something Apple is known for keeping private. If Apple loses the court case against the FBI, Apple could lose a lot of customers plus many people’s personal information would be leaked. This all started back in December, when two terrorists killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California. According to http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-versus-the-fbi-why-the-lowest-priced-iphone-has-the-us-in-a-tizzy-faq/, …show more content…

Apple, which was cooperating with the FBI to help the agency access data on Farook's work phone, refused.” This means that one of the terrorists had an iPhone 5C and the FBI tried to get in but it had a password. So they asked Apple to take the password off. The reason they asked to take it off is that they want to know who Farook was communicating with and which websites he might have visited in the days leading up to the December 2 massacre. On this website it states, “ Access to computers and personal phones owned by Farook and his wife would help, but the couple smashed their personal phones and removed the hard drive from their computer. Farook's iPhone 5C, given to him by his employers in San Bernardino County in southern California, may be one of their last options.” This suggests that the FBI’s only option to get information on the massacre is on this iPhone 5C but it is not reachable since it has a passcode. http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-versus-the-fbi-why-the-lowest-priced-iphone-has-the-us-in-a-tizzy-faq/ suggest that, “Apple was able to give the FBI backups only through October 19, when Farook apparently stopped backing up the phone. That leaves a …show more content…

If the FBI has this backdoor made they could solve a lot of cases that has to deal with technology. http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-versus-the-fbi-why-the-lowest-priced-iphone-has-the-us-in-a-tizzy-faq/ states, “The court order asks Apple to create a new, custom version of iOS that runs only on this specific iPhone and that makes three changes to the software. The first two changes would bypass or disable the auto-wipe function and the delay that limits how quickly new passcodes can be entered. The court also asks Apple to add a way to attach a cable or wirelessly connect to the iPhone so the FBI can automatically enter passcodes. That way, the FBI can use a supercomputer to bombard the phone with password guesses until it finds the right one.” The FBI only wants the backdoor so they could disable passwords and get data they need. What this argument fails to consider is that if the FBI forces Apple to make a backdoor it would take away people’s rights. Also the FBI doesn’t have the strongest security when it comes to technology. This website states that, ”Apple also worries that employees inside law enforcement, or inside Apple itself, could steal the technology. "The digital world is very different from the physical world. In

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