Apple opposes gov order to unlock iPhone

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(02-18-2016, 05:54 PM)fredtoast Wrote: And this will do nothing to infringe on that right unless there is probable cause that you have been involved in criminal activity and a warrant is obtained.


I like the privacy of my home, but there is no way I want to stop police from being able to investigate crimes with valid search warrants.

I think the issue is that technology ISN’T analogous and will require different rules. Decrypting private iPhone communication after a crime is NOT the same as warranted bugging of a suspect’s house. Because you’re decrypting past private conversations that occurred before they were ever suspected of a crime. 


That’s why we don’t want this: accepting iPhone decryption is accepting that we’re carrying around an always on, always listening, always recording government bug. Before we’ve ever committed a crime

Technology might be mildly analogous now, but the way we use it is different and still evolving and needs to be viewed through a different lense and laws adopted to accommodate. I don’t think private companies get to decide the outcome, but fear mongering governments with their own agenda are just as risky. Maybe worse?