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  • Former NSA director opposes iOS backdoor, but leans towards FBI in iPhone unlock debate

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    No gov’t has ever been capable of keeping a secret, no matter how vital to national security. That is a fact, not an opinion.

    So far the argument has been about protecting the sensitive information of private citizens. But that's not the half of it.

    So what happens when ISIS, Al-Qeda, or some resourceful jihadi with a bad attitude gets their hands on the encryption key? And accesses a misplaced FBI phone, or a NSA agent's phone, or a CIA agent’s phone, or a prosecutor's phone, or a military officer's phone?


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  • House committee invites Apple CEO Tim Cook, FBI Director James Comey to discuss encryption

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    bugsnw said:
    I think if this was another company, people would think it prudent to help unlock phones on a court-ordered by court-ordered basis. The odds of this technology getting out are quite low. Both sides make a great case. I just lean slightly towards national security on this one. Even with an encryption key safeguarded by the govt./FBI, I would feel like my data was safe from prying eyes. We don't have all that much privacy out in the wild as it is. It's part of the give and take of rights vs. safety.
    I think you miss the bigger picture. Here is a quote from the New York Times Editorial Staff:

    "Congress would do great harm by requiring such back doors. Criminals and domestic and foreign intelligence agencies could exploit such features to conduct mass surveillance and steal national and trade secrets. There’s a very good chance that such a law, intended to ease the job of law enforcement, would make private citizens, businesses and the government itself far less secure."
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  • Apple ID linked to terrorist's iPhone 5c changed while device was in government hands, Apple says [

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    "Apple says the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, the phone's owner and Farook's former employer, changed the account passcode. A county representative later told Reuters that FBI agents requested the iCloud password reset. If the passcode was not changed, FBI officials might have been able to procure a backup of the data it is currently attempting to suss out of the phone itself, the company said."

    According to this report, it was the FBI that requested that the Password be changed. So the FBI created this access problem. This could be the smoking gun that shows the FBI covering up their own incompetence.
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  • US Department of Justice files motion to force Apple to crack terrorist's iPhone

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    "The FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on an iPhone recovered during the investigation," Cook wrote. "In the wrong hands, this software -- which does not exist today -- would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone's physical possession."

    The FBI couldn't protect the country against 911 despite the fact that the attackers were "under survellance". The result after that historic failure are new laws that for the first time in American history circumvent 'habeus corpus'. And we now all live in a country where all citizens' have their personal information and communications surveilled 24/7. With cameras watching us on every street corner. Where we have to take our shoes and belts off and be subject to bodily search just to fly home for the holidays. And yet where they cannot protect us from identity theft, phone fraud or having our personal data stolen from hackers in other countries. 


    If we give everything gov't law enforcement agencies want, America will be by definition a surveillance police state. Where companies like Apple are legally forced to work for them. Rather than protect the privacy of their customers. This "overreach" by the FBI and their political cronies in Washington is going to permanently alter this country - beyond recognizability as we lose more and more of our rights - if leaders like Tim Cook don't stand up to them.

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  • Tim Cook calls FBI backdoor demand 'dangerous,' vows to fight case

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    If Apple were to lose this case, then say goodbye to your personal data forever, because once a so-called "back-door" is created – any hacker will have access to all your personal information. Fact: No gov't agency has ever been able to protect digital data from being hacked – including the Pentagon and White House. If they get an "encryption key", so will any serious hacker out there. They always do. And by setting a precedent, expect other governments in other countries to demand the exact same thing for any reason they feel like.

    To give government law enforcement agencies whatever they want with no legal protection for individual personal privacy is by definition a police state.

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