in a long battle that raged for much longer than the latter, Apple refuses to help the FBI to break the encryption in the last fight between national security and privacy. The FBI has recently reached out to Apple, based in Cupertino, California, to help them to unlock a single iPhone. The iPhone has belonged to the shooter in San Bernardino attacks last year, but this is not a simple case to help the police in a criminal case, but it could create a dangerous precedent.
Apple and the FBI said they have cooperated before in a similar situation, but this is the first time that the FBI asked to unlock a specific phone and the way he wants. Previously, when the law enforcement requested an Apple support, they have gone ahead and released some information of enterprises linked to information; service providers and email providers. But this time, the FBI ask a backdoor that could compromise access data from all users and create a dangerous precedent for data security and privacy of the user.
This battle between privacy and security is a struggle with blurred lines, where neither has a clear case for what should be done. The FBI are fighting for national security, something that this day and age is very important, but on the flip side it can not affect each of privacy and open the door to other problems . Such a question would literally hand over the keys to the application of the law and to relinquish control over everyone and anyone's personal data. The Department of Justice (DoJ) want Apple to enable them to electronically unlock an iPhone password screen, as opposed to the standard method of manually pressing buttons on the touch screen. It would of course accelerate the unlocking process an iPhone, how a hacking program can use brute force to guess passwords.
Apple was adamant not to give up their position against the government, with many followers in the global technology taking the Apple party. If such a compromise would be allowed, it would also open up the technology and expertise to not only the government but also the pirates, which would have serious implications for privacy for everyone.
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