Posted on 01/13/2020 7:23:50 PM PST by Theoria
Attorney General William P. Barr declared on Monday that a deadly shooting last month at a naval air station in Pensacola, Fla., was an act of terrorism, and he asked Apple in an unusually high-profile request to provide access to two phones used by the gunman.
Mr. Barr’s appeal was an escalation of a continuing fight between the Justice Department and Apple pitting personal privacy against public safety.
“This situation perfectly illustrates why it is critical that the public be able to get access to digital evidence,” Mr. Barr said, calling on technology companies to find a solution and complaining that Apple had provided no “substantive assistance.”
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Trite response. Anything of substance to say? Try taking a shot at how apple can crack his password. Try explaining how common law forbids an iphone the government cannot figure out how to unlock.
Sorry Mr. Barr...no back doors that can be abused. Take a hike and DIY.
Yeah, but that costs a fortune.
OK for ‘national security” but far beyond the means of a person in a typical case.
And ‘typical cases’ are what matter in law IMO.
Funny.
Some friends are involved in a ‘typical case’, and everyone wants their phones contents used for evidence!
Nor will he infringe upon the rights of jailhouse murderers that disable security cameras.
“...Meanwhile, he has not brought in a single arrest, indictment or case in the outrageous coup attempt...”
This is a major issue. MANY known criminals are walking our streets as free people and they are as dangerous, or more so, than terrorists....
“Privacy” and “security” are two very different things.
I give Apple kudos for it’s privacy.
Though customers don’t seem to care.
Just don’t let foreign nationals buy an Apple phone.
That is simply not true. There are encryption algorithms that with well chosen keys are essentially unbreakable, requiring supercomputer time exceeding the age of the universe by orders of magnitude by brute force attack, and if Apple didn’t cache the key, then it’s quite secure, even from William Barr and his band of techno monkeys at the NSA. Otherwise he wouldn’t be grovelling on tv like a little girl.
Key point. Other legal privileges expire at death, this one should also.
I know that only Hillary publicized the smashing of her evidence. But I strongly suspect the others are long gone, too.
Some of us value privacy and security ...and there is little privacy without security.
Until you know something about the subject you can only get a trite response.
Years ago I was challenged here to learn about the Constitution and instead of being a fool... I learned.
The privilege expired. The math hasn’t.
So you have no answer. Thanks sport. You are uneducated on the topic.
Apple should answer back “You mean the only people that the NSA isn’t spying on are Islamic terrorist that the Feds won’t prescreen before letting them into our country?”
Alright…
What security do you have when any criminal can quickly get a password from you, and any judge can lock you up for not providing it under a warrant?
You have “privacy”, but not “security” IMO.
And thank you troll.
Lots of good books you can read for free at the library.
Wow, why the bitterness toward Apple. They make QUALITY products for their customers who FREELY choose their products. INDIVIDUAL CHOICE and FREE MARKETS are concepts you should check out.
You have no answer. Lol.
I’m not bitter to Apple!
I don’t ‘pick on’ Apple!
Heck, I give them credit for their privacy concern.
This “security” scam of theirs is a marketing tool and I realize that.
Other tech firms are after making money off our legal system.
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