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Hum... I feel this can be a debate.
Listen, I'll won't take part in any of this. I don'T want to start a fight with Apple Lovers :p Buuut.. I know privacy is really important. But National security is important too. I wonder if the government is gonna take time to search in someone's phone with no reason. We already don't have any privacy on our phones. (Take a look of what the apps ask and all the stuff). If the FBI has, for some reason, a warrant to check my phone, and I have nothing to hide, I'l show them, no? But like I said, it is a debate. I am only exposing another side of view :) |
More backdoors is the last thing we need in our devices and software. I applaud Apple for this decision. It won't make me switch to them, but it is, in my opinion the correct thing to do both from a PR standpoint and a doing right by the customer standpoint, since such a tool could be used very maliciously and would allow police bypass the processes that police agencies need to go through to get information from accounts, even for the simple petty pickpocket.
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Something I don't understand; couldn't they brute force their way into the device? Why do they need Apple to unlock it for them? iDevices are difficult to deal with and hack into but not impossible, and if it's just locked with a passcode can't they just guess their way in?
I get they need to get into the phone because it may contain contacts and such but lets face it; those contacts are probably public to some extent already. Everybody knows this guy was talking with known terror suspects and it's easy to find out where they are online. |
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This is probably the kind of thing that we probably aren't really prepared for. When I look at this, it's basically one of these dilemmas that, well, there probably isn't a good solution. You don't want to set a dangerous precedent in any way...
Though I guess I think Apple is doing the right thing by refusing to backdoor. |
I figured Trump would be for forcing Apple to open it up. Guy's a blowhard and doesn't really think things through when he says them. A man with that level of arrogance and complete lack of understanding towards the implications this has is a dangerous man indeed as not only does he fail to understand how dangerous the FBI with a shiny new backdoor can be, but refuses to listen to reason as he seemingly can't understand the opposing point of view.
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Did Apple also try to realize that their consumers may also be at risk from another terrorist attack, and that San Bernadino attacker's device may contain important evidence to track down these terrorists? Privacy is important, yes, but would you go so far to protect the identity of someone who may have a connection to the same people the government is trying to stop?
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This decision by Apple gave me more respect for them as a company. I am glad that they choose to value security for all of their customers considering that the US government could use such power against us as citizens if the order were to go through.
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Ultimately this issue boils down to the indiscriminate nature of encryption. It doesn't allow 'special access' to specific people like the government agencies because the entire point of encryption is to allow private communication between the people who are allowed to do so. Any sort of backdoor would defeat the purpose of encryption to begin with. (for users privacy's sake) Who is to say only the people who wanted the backdoor can use it? Even criminals themselves could use backdoors to steal private information if they wanted.
The danger of requiring a backdoor could affect every tech company if Apple gave into the order - the FBI might next want to demand every company install a backdoor and would therefore lead to a major issue of privacy for every consumer in the world. |
Well, as long as McAfee's doing it within legal constraint, then maybe? I don't think Apple (or the federal government) would respond well to him though if he were to actually pull it off.
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It's already been said, but yea, what I find most unsettling about this is that they're asking Apple to give them a backdoor to access any and all iOS devices. They already have the power to access the data on a device, as long as they have a warrant (provided it's even accessible to the company and isn't hashed or something). But getting a backdoor to encrypted data is overkill, and it strikes me as an opportunistic attempt to take advantage of the situation in order to increase their surveillance capabilities.
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1 Iphone? ok... all devices? what the heck? No!
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The only thing I can think of is "well, if only FBI had asked for something else... namely, access to just this phone"
Then again, I don't think there's a "perfect" answer to this kind of problem, to be honest. |
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Sooner or later Apple will surrender and FBI will check about it it's just a matter of time in my opinion. Ofc Apple's CEO is thinking like every company but when it goes to FBI and stuff like that then it's like throwing a pokeball to a pokemon sooner or later it will be caught that's what i think.
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This is the reason why the Government of America will kill itself. It sees itself not as a democracy, but as an oligarchy and it must be abolished it it wants to keep up this kind of tyranny. From it's shitty justice system (where anyone who's rich and can afford a lawyer gets their court sentence decreased by 90%), large amounts of taxes on all classes, ignoring the constitution in favor of a falsified sense of "safety" as well as other ridiculousness (such as Oregon; they shot a protester to death after "reaching for a weapon" even though his weapon was at his holster and he was reaching for his chest) and the fact that Hillary Clinton gets a fucking free slate and can still run as fucking president but Edward Snowden does the same shit and is branded a traitor.
The sad fact is they do this shit all the time. While we're too busing looking through the candidates to find the shiniest pile of shit, they're doing shit like slipping in CISA in our budget bills. This government is a fucking joke. I sincerely hope Apple doesn't give into any other attempt of mass surveillance on their platform. |
If there's an order from the FBI to get access to every phone produced by Apple it kind of makes me wonder how good the US security system really is. After all, if you rely on backdoors in devices you already give outsiders an option for an attack.
Needless to say, Apple should not allow such shenanigans. Business is a matter of trust. If you give your customer a device that allows him to store sensible data, then you pretty much have to make sure to give as much safety as possible, or else he won't be your customer for long. Quote:
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What will happen is simple Apple lovers will cry because FBI will probably shut down Apple once and for all and then Steve will revive and slap Cook for not hearing FBI i know it's your company but when it comes to FBI,CIA e.t.c you just have to let it pass that's what i think. It's like when you pass through security check in an airport for example (I think except if you are a priest or something like that you have the right to not be checked) but if you are normal then you can't deny the security check. So sorry Apple lovers but check this site if the most unsatisfying event happens http://www.gsmarena.com/.
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If Apple gives in and creates a backdoor for the FBI, I'm certain other software products will be forced to do the same. Eventually.
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The FBI has successfully recovered data from the iPhone 5C by some unknown method a few days ago but now the US government are saying that they will use the precedent set by the iPhone case to force any software company to disable security measures in order to grant government access. This was all despite previous statements from officials that the iPhone unlocking case was just for a single device.
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http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/21/fbi-paid-more-than-13m-to-hack-san-bernardino-iphone.html
So apparently the FBI had paid $1.3 million just to get the iPhone hacked with the data they were looking for. That's quite a lot, but with that much money being involved, it still scares me at the kind of resources the government would go for in terms of breaching security of mobile phones now. |
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