Wednesday, February 24, 2016

The Core of the Matter 

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The San Bernardino attack is a very serious case, the man that killed 14 people with his wife. The attacker owned an Apple iPhone and he might have had some important information on that phone. The only problem is that the FBI can’t get into the phone without the password, but the man killed himself so no one knows what the password is. The FBI can only try to guess what the password is but they only have a limited amount of times they can guess. The government is asking Apple to unlock the phone but Apple doesn’t want to because they want to protect the information, images, and private messages of their customers. In the Customer Letter from Apple it says “We have even put that data out of our own reach, because we believe the contents of your iPhone are none of our business”, Apple doesn’t want to invade their customer’s privacy http://www.apple.com/customer-letter/ . In the USA Today video and article it said “Compromising the security of our personal information can ultimately put our personal safety at risk. That is why encryption has become so important to all of us” http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/02/16/heres-why-fbi-forcing-apple-break-into-iphone-big-deal/80481766/ , Apple doesn’t want to risk their customer’s personal information on their phones. The government also wants Apple to design a back door to the iPhone's so that this happens again they can get into the iPhone. Apple doesn’t want to accept this because they really want to protect the customer’s phone, and allow them to have privacy. 

1. If Apple does decide to do give the FBI the code to unlock the phone how many       people would stop using the Apple iPhone?
2.  If your iPhone got hacked by someone and you took it to the Apple store and they say that they can’t do anything about it, what would you do?