Friday 18 March 2016

Apple vs FBI iPhone encryption – new perspectives


The Apple vs FBI iPhone encryption case has many facets, both technical & ethical, but, just in case you thought you finally had your head around all of the issues, here are a couple of other things to consider:

At least some Apple engineers would rather quit than develop an iPhone backdoor for the FBI
https://bgr.com/2016/03/18/iphone-hacking-apple-engineers-fbi/

Florida sheriff on Tim Cook – “I’d lock the rascal up.”
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/florida-sheriff-pledges-to-arrest-ceo-tim-cook-if-apple-resisted-cooperation/
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