Should Apple unlock the iPhones of suspected terrorists for the FBI?
Apple recently challenged a court order which would force it to cooperate with the FBI and unlock an iPhone used by one of the two attackers who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, CA in December 2015. The Judge in the case ordered Apple to build a software key which would unlock the phone. The FBI claimed its agents had been unable to access information in the phone without the key. Opponents argue that technology companies should protect the privacy of their customers and creating a special key for law enforcement will open the door to hackers. Proponents argue that law enforcement authorities should have the ability to break encryption technologies in order to prevent and solve crimes.
@4Q3LHQV3yrs3Y
No, this is a slippery slope that will eventually destroy the last shreds of privacy currently held by the people
@47FY63V3yrs3Y
Absolutely and Apple saying no is highly disrespectful and should be fined. If what they're saying is true (it will open the door to hackers) then in the future they need to invent something to prevent this issue if ever needed to unlock another phone due to terrorist activity
@47FX8H93yrs3Y
Yes, but that is a bad situation in which the process of unlocking iphones could get released and there would then be a security crisis in this country in which nobody's personal information would be safe.
@47FSB2R3yrs3Y
I feel like the FBI should be competent enough to unlock iPhone on their own without the help of Apple.
@47FBV9M3yrs3Y
If the iPhone can be unlocked by Apple, without handing the unlocking code over to FBI, yes. The code should not be integrated into the operating system or given to an agency.
@47F88DJ3yrs3Y
There is no good way to go with this. You either forfeit gaining possible valuable info from a recent and horrible terror attack while you put all iPhone users at great risk of being hacked, when so much effort went into preventing phones from this concern. Once you open that gateway for one phone soon all phones are subject to hackers more. Our phones contain so much of our lives it's unsettling to think how exposed they could become. At same time many lives were lost and many survivors lives were changed forever. It would require more thought and solution discussion in regard to allowing that data to be unlocked for that one purpose without jeapordizing so much for so many.
@47F5MQR3yrs3Y
All things should be surrendered and discoverable provided reasonable suspicion and a warrant is issued. An example is a landlord unlocking the door to an apartment of a suspected criminal with a search warrant.
@4YCYGY83yrs3Y
No because then the list of "suspected terrorist" can become just about anyone and the FBI will have access to all iPhones if they want without letting you know they are looking into the phones.
@47G7CFT3yrs3Y
I feel this would be a good idea in theory, but would need to be stated as such in the EULA when purchasing apple products instead of ambiguously defiling privacy
@47FSN8F3yrs3Y
Yes, but Apple should only unlock the phones of those who are convicted of major federal crimes and keep the right to exclusively open its phones.
@47F7MZ33yrs3Y
Yes, but only in cases of national emergency.
@47G7T963yrs3Y
Yes, but not until this country stops considering every Muslim a terrorist
@JTHSWDLibertarian3yrs3Y
Yes, with a properly obtained court order
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