Apple could break into its iPhones in an afternoon, say experts
http://www.ktvb.com/news/nation-now/apple-could-break-into-its-iphones-in-an-afternoon-say-experts/45699677
By making the request, the FBI is putting the proverbial camel's
nose under the tent, said Lauren Weinstein, a computer
consultant with a long history of work on the Internet and its
precursors. "It would suggest that the encryption system has an
opening that can be exploited. If you can demonstrate any of
those, that seems to undermine your security" because what once
seemed impossible would instead be doable, he said. Privacy
advocates fear that if the Apple does as the FBI has asked it
to, it will set a precedent that other law enforcement agencies
could too easily follow. "If the order stands, Apple and other
technology companies could be ordered to build backdoors -
essentially defects - into other devices, rendering them
insecure and vulnerable to attack by law enforcement and by
others as well," said Greg Nojeim, with the Center for Democracy
and Technology. Another concern is that if Apple allow the U.S.
government to require it to hack into its devices "then so too
can every repressive regime in the rest of the world," said Alex
Abdo, staff attorney with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and
Technology Project.
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