We’ll get over the intrusiveness but we won’t get over a terrorist attack. Sure the government having access to your phone’s data is controversial now but it’s necessary for the security of everyone. Imagine if they had instead planted real bombs. The FBI infiltrated message boards to dupe radicalized terrorists into planting fake bombs. Though controversial at first, they are now commonplace. We’ve seen some creative ways the FBI has used modern technology to stop would-be terrorists. Since then, no major terrorist attack happened on the scale of 9/11 and that could be attributed, partially, to the government having more control of our information. This is a perfectly natural reaction to the worst terrorist attack on US soil. Since 9/11, we’ve waved goodbye to much of the privacy we had before. Is the phone some imaginary line that cannot be crossed? They already have access to their homes, cars, everything they they own. But this is ridiculous, we can’t take the stance that the FBI can’t look at a known terrorist’s (or criminal’s) contacts. Now the courts are ordering Apple to start assisting the FBI in unlocking devices.Īpple decided to resist the governments attempts to force them to unlock devices. They couldn’t do it because Apple won’t let them get around the phone’s encryption. ![]() This public encryption debate started when the FBI wanted to get into the San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook’s iPhone and needed to bypass the code. This can get quite a bit more technical, as is the case with Apple and the FBI.Īpple devices automatically erase the data on a smartphone if more than ten incorrect attempts happen on one of its devices. ![]() If you don’t have a key, such as a PIN or fingerprint, you are not allowed access to the information. What is encryption and how did it suddenly become so important?Įncryption keeps your information hidden in a scrambled format so unauthorized users are not allowed access to it. But if the government gets a warrant the manufacturer and/or owner should be required to give them access to the smartphone and all of the information on it. It’s all fine and dandy to encrypt your device against unauthorized use. ![]() Encryption against law enforcement is a bad thing.
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