Tim Cook rejects FBI request for back door into iPhone
By: Tom Manning - February 17, 2016

A California judge ordered Apple to help the FBI unlock the phone of one of the terrorists involved in the San Bernardino attacks. Following the order, Tim Cook says Apple will resist the order and appeal. The FBI wants Apple to create a new version of iOS that will ignore some of the security features so the FBI can break into the phone. They claim they want assistance just this one time, but one time will turn to two, and we will all be at risk because of it.

Apple CEO, Tim Cook, released a lengthy statement arguing against any backdoors in their products.

The government would have us remove security features and add new capabilities to the operating system, allowing a passcode to be input electronically. This would make it easier to unlock an iPhone by “brute force,” trying thousands or millions of combinations with the speed of a modern computer.

The implications of the government’s demands are chilling. If the government can use the All Writs Act to make it easier to unlock your iPhone, it would have the power to reach into anyone’s device to capture their data. The government could extend this breach of privacy and demand that Apple build surveillance software to intercept your messages, access your health records or financial data, track your location, or even access your phone’s microphone or camera without your knowledge.


Does anyone believe the FBI would stop at a single request? What if another government petitioned Apple to let them spy on their users? China? India? UK? This is a very slippery slope and we can only hope Apple prevails. If they lose the case, we are all at risk of having our data mined.

Click the link below for Apple's complete statement.



Related Links:
Apple Customer Letter


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