On December 2, 2015, there was a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California that claimed more than a dozen lives of innocent people. The attackers Tashfeen Malik and Syed Farook, a married couple that lived in Redlands, California. The married couple also attempted to bomb the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health were this malicious crime took place. However, hours later the couple was found and died in a shoot out with law enforcements, after the couple was then pronounced died. This heinous terrorist attack is still under the radar and causing chaos between Apple and the Federal Department of Investigation because FBI officials believes there could be a substantial amount of evidence …show more content…
The cellular devices have many capabilities such as SIRI, and they are also known for their tight security. Therefore, protecting the privacy of their consumers is vital for this company because once a Apple product is lost or stolen, it then becomes useless for the abductors. However, the Federal Department of Investigation thinks indifferent because according to Greg Keizer “Essentially, what the FBI has asked Apple to do -- with a federal magistrate 's concurrence -- was to make it possible for investigators to brute-force the passcode on the iPhone 5C by subverting iOS 's limitations on entering such codes, as well as removing the auto-wipe feature, triggered when several incorrect passcodes are entered (Keizer, 2016).” The FBI has been cautious about the amount of password attempts to access the December’s terrorist attackers phone. The FBI believes that the IPhone 5c might have vital information stored on the device. …show more content…
Therefore, many people have personal and confidential information stored to their phone and this is what Apple is trying to protect because there are hackers that can hack other’s personal information and use the information to indulge in fraudulent activities. However, these safety measures should only apply for those abiding citizens and not for terrorist groups and other predators such as sex offenders; according to Jonathon Chew, article on fortunate.com “The battle between Apple and the FBI over accessing encrypted data in an iPhone has left Americans evenly divided over the conflict between privacy and national security. In a new poll conducted by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News, around 42% of 1,200 voters surveyed said Apple should cooperate with the FBI and unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. 47% said Apple shouldn 't cooperate (Chew,