Posted on 02/27/2016 1:32:08 PM PST by Swordmaker
Congressman Darrell Issa weighs in on Apple's side in the Apple v. FBI Terrorism iPhone data All Writs Act Court Order, saying it would set a dangerous precedent if it goes is allowed to stand.
Link only due to copyright requirements of Wired Magazine:
Forcing Apple to Hack That iPhone Sets a Dangerous Precedent (Link Only due to copyright)
Absolutely it is. It is tyrannical. ANY politician supporting the FBI in this is on the wrong side of Freedom and is a supporter of Tyranny. Period.
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As was code breaking, or similar enterprises during WWII, eh?
“Absolutely it is. It is tyrannical. ANY politician supporting the FBI in this is on the wrong side of Freedom and is a supporter of Tyranny. Period.”
The county owns the phone. They have waived their privacy rights to it to allow the government to retrieve the data.
From a related thread …
After finding the following comment by cyber-security expert John McAfee, I now disagree with Trumps stance against boycotting Apple. This is for the simple reason that McAfee has indicated that a 15 year old boy recently hacked the FBIs system.
"The very FBI," McAfee charged, "who says, "we will protect this software and only use it on one phone," that agency was hacked by a 15-year-old boy just last week, who walked off with all the personnel records including, [of] undercover agents.” -- John McAfee, RT.
If such is the case, then how can the FBI be trusted to keep an Apple key for the iPhone secure?
Darrell Issa needs to get better staff help. His assertion that it would set a dangerous precedent is WRONG!
Let us keep this issue simple. It is WRONG for Apple to side with the terrorists under the pretense that the world will be somehow unsafe if they assist the FBI for this one single phone using an older iOS. The Court Order for the FBI is perfectly reasonable and safe!
Why were there no real or meaningful privacy and security issues when all we had were land lines (before mobile phones)?
There are 2 FBIs..The old FBI and the Obama FBI, and they are very different.
FBI: “All your iPhones belong to us!”
I don’t care if they waterboard Tim Cook, unlock that damned phone!
What’s on that phone that they are so afraid of?
As a Conservative, I have to ask myself — do I side with a government strong enough to force a company to perform an action, or do I side with a company brave enough to stand up to government force?
It’s not hard.
The post office doesn't give a ticker's damn about letters. Mostly, said letters are just boring.
Just an opinion, Sm. I did work for the P.O. one Christmas and KNEW then that I would NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER want to work for them as a living.
Perhaps it was a recording of ETHEL MERMAN singing: "Thar's NO business like SHOW business." OOOooooowwwwwwww.
Apple should just make the following statement:
If we are forced to create a back door like the government wants, WE would have access to every Apple phone of Politicians, Prosecutors, Judges, etc. Android next? Okay!
Darrell Jesus. "Issa" is Jesus in Arabic.
Darryl Issa is middle eastern? I thought he was Italian.
He’s a fellow Cleveland native.
Dad was Lebanese, Mom German
How is this different from a judge issued search warrant? The search warrant allows the police to bypass the person’s search and seizure rights.
I don’t think that they want to embed the software that overrides the encryption on all phones.
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