Faith, hope, and charity begin at home. It is imperative that critical information, especially concerning the war on Terrorism, should be everybody’s business.
I also believe in peoples individual right to privacy, and believe that both needs can be met. As with all corporations, certain levels of secrecy are in place for product protection, and in the case of government contracts, national security concerns. I do not think the Government needs to know HOW to get the information, but I do think that if they need it, Apple should supply it, provided they do it INHOUSE, and then return the phone, and the information for that specific phone, upon a court order.
Failure to do what they can to support the safety and security of the United States, and its people, is unacceptable.
IMO, those on the left will fight against this until it affects them very personally, then quickly change opinions. I see this happen very often.
IMO it is a mistake on Apples, or for that matter ANY manufacturer to create and sell, in America, any database, that cannot be accessed in an emergency, and again IMO should not be able to sell, or have imported into the USA any product that creates a security problem.
After running this by my better half, she said that New York City stated that they have 175 phones that they need into. SO I see the slippery slope. But...
I think the court order requirement, is in place to protect everyone. Sure anything can be abused. But, in the matter of National Security, every law abiding citizen should be in favor of doing whatever they can to protect this country.
Now, do I think it should be made public? No, not really. I don’t think we should tell our enemies that we have the means to crack the code. Example: Enigma Code. Quietly and quickly do what you can to solve the problem. And keep the media out, unless abuses arise.
But anyone can write their own code to encrypt their messages to their friends, and defeat any government spies.
Are you going to make writing homemade encryption code illegal?
If I write code, is it your business (under the premise of your conception of “national security”) that I can or cannot sell the code I write?
where does this premise of national security, in theory allowing you to oversee and regulate my business, end?