Everyone can relate to this scenario while growing up; in school, one friend made a mistake or broke school’s law and all other friends were also held accountable for one's misdeed. Apple Vs FBI case from last year feels the same way. Somehow one bad guy used Apple’s iPhone, and FBI was asking for backdoor to the iOS operating system so that they can unlock any iPhone. Apple fulfilling FBI request will put hundreds of millions of people at security risk, and it will open the door for massive surveillance which is essentially contradicts the idea of right to privacy and First amendment right to expression. FBI seemed to undermine that, so Apple stood up for their customer and came out against FBI refusing to unlock the iPhone. That event resulted
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Apple helping FBI with one iPhone was just a slippery slope because Apple pointed out that NY alone has 175 iPhone that needs to be unlocked and government wants Apple’s help. In court ruling process, earlier case ruling can be used as guidance for future ruling. Once a court ruled one way, other court follows that as precedence. Apple does not want to set any dangerous precedence by creating backdoor in iOS, so that FBI can use that case as precedence to force other tech companies to cooperate with FBI in such a way which may not be in the company or their customers’ best …show more content…
One’s phone contains their very personal information including their love life, fantasy, medical record, bank and financial records, digital key to their car and house, or garage door. This information must be protected, and one should have control over their personal information. What if the information was not protected, everyone including law enforcement agency has all the information, and they can monitor every move; how would be the life then? According to Ashkan Soltani, an engineer spoke with the Guardian, “Just imagine what it would look like if every smart device you own could be used against you. You are suspected of a crime. You try to leave home one morning to find that your front door is locked, your smart car won’t start, and your garage door is slammed shut. You notice that your security cameras are trained on you and your phone has gone dark. Suddenly, your TV turns on, alerting you that the police are coming to arrest you." Thus, protection of personal data is very important, and the result of giving up the right to privacy is catastrophic.
Though finally FBI was able to unlock the iPhone without Apple’s help, and they did not give Apple any detailed information about that security hole. This shows privacy of our data is not necessarily in the best interest of FBI. According to Michael Daniel, special assistant to the president on cyber security, “Disclosing a vulnerability can mean that we forgo an
Apple helping FBI with one iPhone was just a slippery slope because Apple pointed out that NY alone has 175 iPhone that needs to be unlocked and government wants Apple’s help. In court ruling process, earlier case ruling can be used as guidance for future ruling. Once a court ruled one way, other court follows that as precedence. Apple does not want to set any dangerous precedence by creating backdoor in iOS, so that FBI can use that case as precedence to force other tech companies to cooperate with FBI in such a way which may not be in the company or their customers’ best …show more content…
One’s phone contains their very personal information including their love life, fantasy, medical record, bank and financial records, digital key to their car and house, or garage door. This information must be protected, and one should have control over their personal information. What if the information was not protected, everyone including law enforcement agency has all the information, and they can monitor every move; how would be the life then? According to Ashkan Soltani, an engineer spoke with the Guardian, “Just imagine what it would look like if every smart device you own could be used against you. You are suspected of a crime. You try to leave home one morning to find that your front door is locked, your smart car won’t start, and your garage door is slammed shut. You notice that your security cameras are trained on you and your phone has gone dark. Suddenly, your TV turns on, alerting you that the police are coming to arrest you." Thus, protection of personal data is very important, and the result of giving up the right to privacy is catastrophic.
Though finally FBI was able to unlock the iPhone without Apple’s help, and they did not give Apple any detailed information about that security hole. This shows privacy of our data is not necessarily in the best interest of FBI. According to Michael Daniel, special assistant to the president on cyber security, “Disclosing a vulnerability can mean that we forgo an