Freedom Of Privacy: Article Analysis

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Freedom or Safety On December 2nd, 2015 there was a mass shooting that killed 14 people and injured 21 in San Bernardino. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wanted Apple to create a software to unlock Farook’s (one of the gunmen) phone. However the FBI has recently opened the phone without the help of Apple. Nonetheless the question still arises was Apple's refusal to the FBI the right thing to do, and is safety more important than the freedom of privacy? The answer to this is yes, Apple was right to refuse them and keep his information private and the freedom of privacy is more important than safety. In the article “PRO/CON: Should Apple have resisted FBI pressure to hack an IPhone?” by Tribune News Service says, “Apple phones have

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