SpamSandwich said:

As I write this, there is an all out assault on Apple and the iPhone and encryption being launched on the TV show 60 Minutes.

Oh, and they just said it was "no problem" to gain access to a Samsung phone that was found in a trash can discarded by Paris shooters.

There you go. Samsung is the preferred phone of law enforcement and hackers...but of course they'd never use one for their own security!

I couldn't expect less from our state media and state propaganda.

Civil liberties, privacy and the right to be secure in our possessions is the new Sasquatch in America.

razormaid said:

And so it begins... The complete unraveling of our personal freedoms.  First the phone, now the actual phone calls:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/us/politics/whatsapp-encryption-said-to-stymie-wiretap-order.html?rref=politics&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Politics&pgtype=Blogs

The government has been collecting phone metadata and emails of law abiding Americans since 2001, completely disregarding the 4th amendment and contrary to the oath of office to "defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic." The domestic enemy is the US Government. The answer is the development and wide adoption of open source encrypted and deanonymizing communication tools for all communication, casual and professional. We just need to do a better job making these tools user friendly, fun and intuitive.

The position the Obama administration is taking on the encryption debate is incorrect. Right at the top with ISIS, cyber threats are the other major risk for the US according to James Clapper and the only line of defense against cyber threats is unbreakable encryption and endpoint protection schemes. Apple is keeping us safe. Once encryption is undermined, it cannot be undone for the iPhone. The Obama administration wants to take away our only safety net despite expert advice from peofessionals in the area. This is unacceptable. Apple must push back and come on top for all of us.