Apple opposes gov order to unlock iPhone

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(02-23-2016, 05:10 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Getting back on topic.

Fred, think about it. If they create this backdoor for the FBI, then other Countries (like China/Russia) will demand a copy of it as well so they can use it to curb the their citizen's privacy in the name of national security as well.  

Now they have a copy of it, so guess who's phones they are going to start messing with so they can steal international secrets.

Wasn't Yahoo sued a few years ago for outing Chinese dissidents. They gave up Emails, information and it caused several dissidents to end up in jail.

Pakastan has tried to force Blackberry to give up access to all encrypted traffic that flows through their servers.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/01/technology/pakistan-blackberry/

Brazil banned Facebooks whatsapp messaging services for 48 hours before the public outcry became to much.

Now again, if we give them the Backdoor, then terrorist will just find a new phone to use, and then we've traded our privacy for nothing.

China or any country isn't prohibited from making that demand now. But Apple isn't a Chinese company and can tell them to **** off. If they do acquiesce to the FBI, all Apple could do is ask the U.S. for help in compelling them to to the same for a foreign country.