Wednesday, February 17, 2016
What is real here?
Big tech story about Apple, Inc. making a "principled" stand against a court order to crack the encryption on the San Bernadino shooter's I-Phone.
Apple said on Wednesday that it would oppose and challenge a federal court order to help the F.B.I. unlock an iPhone used by one of the two attackers who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif., in December.I can't help but think that the real issue is rather different. Either all of our overpriced spook organizations can't crack Apple so why are we paying for all of them? Or the encryption was cracked long ago and this is misinformation until what was found can be acted on and Apple is going along because it is great promo for their alleged phone privacy. Pick your favorite then lets wait and see.
On Tuesday, in a significant victory for the government, Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym of the Federal District Court for the District of Central California ordered Apple to bypass security functions on an iPhone 5c used by Syed Rizwan Farook, who was killed by the police along with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, after they attacked Mr. Farookâs co-workers at a holiday gathering.
Judge Pym ordered Apple to build special software that would essentially act as a skeleton key capable of unlocking the phone.
But hours later, in a statement by its chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, Apple announced its refusal to comply. The move sets up a legal showdown between the company, which says it is eager to protect the privacy of its customers, and the law enforcement authorities, who say that new encryption technologies hamper their ability to prevent and solve crime.
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