You really think that it would be that easy? A search and seizure warrant requires a judges approval..you really think just anyone would have access to your iPhone or do you think that it would require a warrant, meaning that you're doing something wrong in the first place? Don't take it to unreasonable extremes.
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Tim Cook: Apple Won't Create 'Backdoor' to Help FBI Access San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone
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Are you so naive to believe in a single use "backdoor"? It would be exploited in SECONDS not days, not minutes... SECONDS. There is nothing short of 100% secure that isn't 0%. Did you even read what Tim Cook wrote? He addressed that there is no such thing as a single use back door and it would be exploited for sure.
What back door in life do you know of that has only lets 1 person in? Find me that door and I'll send 10 people through it.
Hey, you stole my avatar!
I was going to say the same!
I've had this over a month....or at least since Apple starting pissing me off royally with their Cook corporate culture.
When was the last time when NSA had warrant to tap peoples phones?
That's right they didn't , but that don't stop them. It's naiive to think that they would use it according the law. That's not how they work.
Another case involves an Jessica Chambers who was burned alive. Police believe that her texts would immediately provide more evidence to catch and convict her killer.
I agree, if your entire family was violently murdered and unlocking an iphone would solve the case, I would the killers go free than have the chance for someone to see pictures of my cats.
It's not tricky at all, we should be able to encrypt and hide things. If someone is suspected of doing something wrong, your just going to have to do some good old fashion police work and catch them in the act some other way. A simple camera recording of someone using their phone with illegal pictures will do it.
This is a country for the people, not a country that makes things easy for the government or for the police. Any law designed to make things easier to police is total BS. People are scared of cops, the FBI is killing ranchers, BLM is seizing lands, their are whole anti cop movements, militarization of police forces, nationwide police forces (homeland security). This crap needs to be reigned in because we are giving all sorts of power to the government and who is going to be at the helm of that power in 20 years? Can you trust that power in their hands? No surveillance, no backdoors, no blanket data theft.
Yes because people are advocating that "anyone at anytime" should be able to browse the entire contents of anyone's phone...
I agree with your statements. I feel the problem with this is the people who want access (Government/ FBI) are humans. They are not almighty truth hunters. With only pure motives. I remember seeing an interview with Snowden where he specifically remembered coworkers sitting around laughing and joking looking at nude photos taken from emails. I'm not sure how that directly thwarted a terrorist attack.
Completely support this. And those scared by terrorists and saying the government is "trying to help", wake up. You don't need to believe in conspiracy theories to understand that most terrorist groups are US-founded to begin with.
Who knows how the law will evolve in the future. The best precaution one can take now is to ensure what my data remains encrypted and inaccessible regardless of what new-fangled scenario may arise in the future.
So it's come down to this. Pitting hypothetical scenario against hypothetical scenario.
But yeah, pretty much. For one, it's not just about me and my needs alone. I still believe that when it comes to an issue like this, the pros vastly outweigh the cons.
Should Apple actually capitulate to the FBI's demands, I see this as a possible long-term outcome.
Very good of Apple, It's good to help the FBI in certain cases but to hand over a backdoor is a whole other story.
Lazy by opposing a government that has already violated the law and was caught doing things it shouldn't? No, Tim is right on here.
Interestingly serendipitous, this issue, esp. to go all "open letter" at a time of a predicted decline in iPhone sales. As former Obama Chief of Staff and current Chicago
Fat chance of that. That's akin to biting the hand that feeds you, or at least the hand that allows you to safely encrypt your terrorist plans. The iPhone is going to be as ubiquitous in certain organizations as the Toyota Hilux.
I, on the other hand, wish he would reign in the current phone design anorexia and include a phone battery that would last all day.
Dear Tim,
Keep up the good work.
Love,
ISIS
PS We decapitate, incinerate and crucify homosexuals.
For your efforts to protect our intel from the infidel FBI
we will give you your choice of departure when it is your turn.
xoxo
The above is sarcastic satire.
Keep up the good work.
Love,
ISIS
PS We decapitate, incinerate and crucify homosexuals.
For your efforts to protect our intel from the infidel FBI
we will give you your choice of departure when it is your turn.
xoxo
The above is sarcastic satire.
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Had mine almost a year. Same reason but will save that for a different thread.I was going to say the same!
I've had this over a month....or at least since Apple starting pissing me off royally with their Cook corporate culture.
It's a harsh reminder how ignorant most Americans are when I see the numerous comments in here about Apple supporting terrorism. Apple is supporting American freedom, not terrorism. Nice straw man argument being presented by these individuals. Life is risky and this attempt to shackle everyone in digital bonds to make the risk as small as possible is overstepping bounds.
I knew someone was gonna come in and say it's all just to sell more iPhones and that companies aren't allowed to actually have values. Thanks for coming along and proving my point!
Interestingly serendipitous, this issue, esp. to go all "open letter" at a time of a predicted decline in iPhone sales. As former Obama Chief of Staff and current ChicagocapoMayor Rahm Emmanuel said, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." The stockholder question is though, will Timmy be able to ride this wave of boldly fierce integrity until the next iPhone release?
Fat chance of that. That's akin to biting the hand that feeds you, or at least the hand that allows you to safely encrypt your terrorist plans. The iPhone is going to be as ubiquitous in certain organizations as the Toyota Hilux.
I, on the other hand, wish he would reign in the current phone design anorexia and include a phone battery that would last all day.
YES. People that work at companies and even heads of companies are just mindless drones who only see dollar signs and who hate, let me emphasize, HATE everybody because something something money.
Ugh...people
As if terrorist can't come up with better ideas to avoid a backdoor. Pretty naive to even think that. And even more naive would be the idea that terrorist would avoid iPhones because they are not protected... I mean, seriously?
Not sure if anyone answered this already, but it's not. You can DFU boot and restore an iPhone to get around a passcode lock. You cannot get around the iOS Activation Lock, however, which is what the FBI is trying to do.
EDIT: What a stupid comment. I am totally wrong. They want to be able to brute force the passcode lock to view the data on the phone. It is not possible currently because the phone locks after so many tries. Sorry for the failed comment.
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We are a Fox News nation. We gather a small amount of information, form a strong emotional opinion and fight to the death to defend that opinion. It's surprising the number of people who probably know they hold incorrect opinions but keep fighting anyway just so they don't have to admit they're wrong
Dear Tim,
You position annoys me. Perhaps you forget that I am the first U. S. president to carry out the extrajudicial assassination of American citizens.
Watch your back, homie.
Love,
Obama
You position annoys me. Perhaps you forget that I am the first U. S. president to carry out the extrajudicial assassination of American citizens.
Watch your back, homie.
Love,
Obama
No they shouldn't, and if one of your family members was killed and unlocking an Iphone would solve their murder I, like Tim Cook, would protect the rights of the killer and help them get away with murder.
You might want to look up what the word "capitulate" means before you use it again.
leroypants seems pretty ready to give up any and all rights in the name of terrorism. (something that is so statistically improbable it's not even worth having a discussion about)