What Is Apple's Loyalty To The Master Key
Apple couldn’t have maintained security and provide the FBI with the master key. Apple agrees that they “have no sympathy for terrorists. When the FBI has requested data that’s in our possession, we have provided it”. Apple is all for help the government when it comes to terrorism but it seems that it has gone too far. On the other hand Apple argues that, “ The United States government has demanded that Apple take an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers. We oppose this order, which has implications far beyond our legal hands”. Which in other words is saying that Apple would feel as if their customers will be evaluating the loyalty that Apple has towards them if they give the government the master key. This all
concludes with my claim, Apple cannot make a master key for the FBI unless they want the customers to decrease in numbers. (Los Angeles Times)
Apple would have failed at maintaining security and provide the FBI with the master key. On December 2, 2015, San Bernardino experienced a traumatic event which left 14 people dead and 22 seriously injured. While investigating the FBI needed Apple’s help to get through the phone. They argue, “ In the case of Mr. Farook’s iPhone, the F.B.I. lost a chance to capture data from the phone when it ordered that the gunman’s password to iCloud, the Internet service Apple customers can use to back up information that is stored on their devices, be reset shortly after the rampage”(http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/03/technology/apple-iphone-fbi-fight-explained.html?_r=0) . In other words, some/ most the information that is linked to the shooting is in the iCloud which was impossible to get to without Apple’s help. Apple has claimed that they’ve done in their power to help the FBI. But Apple complains that, “ Apple has said that forcing it to write new software violates its First Amendment right, an argument that has some precedent. Courts have ruled in the past that writing code is a form of free speech.
Providing help to break into this one iPhone, Apple has also argued, could create a permanent way to bypass iPhone password protection for law enforcement officials or even the spy agencies of other countries” (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/03/technology/apple-iphone-fbi-fight-explained.html?_r=0). To summarize they are saying that, building a master key would help but that would not only unlock millions of passwords but it also violates the privacy of their customers and that is something that cannot possibly do. In the final analysis, Apple would be unsuccessful with building a master key for the FBI and gain trust from their customers.
concludes with my claim, Apple cannot make a master key for the FBI unless they want the customers to decrease in numbers. (Los Angeles Times)
Apple would have failed at maintaining security and provide the FBI with the master key. On December 2, 2015, San Bernardino experienced a traumatic event which left 14 people dead and 22 seriously injured. While investigating the FBI needed Apple’s help to get through the phone. They argue, “ In the case of Mr. Farook’s iPhone, the F.B.I. lost a chance to capture data from the phone when it ordered that the gunman’s password to iCloud, the Internet service Apple customers can use to back up information that is stored on their devices, be reset shortly after the rampage”(http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/03/technology/apple-iphone-fbi-fight-explained.html?_r=0) . In other words, some/ most the information that is linked to the shooting is in the iCloud which was impossible to get to without Apple’s help. Apple has claimed that they’ve done in their power to help the FBI. But Apple complains that, “ Apple has said that forcing it to write new software violates its First Amendment right, an argument that has some precedent. Courts have ruled in the past that writing code is a form of free speech.
Providing help to break into this one iPhone, Apple has also argued, could create a permanent way to bypass iPhone password protection for law enforcement officials or even the spy agencies of other countries” (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/03/technology/apple-iphone-fbi-fight-explained.html?_r=0). To summarize they are saying that, building a master key would help but that would not only unlock millions of passwords but it also violates the privacy of their customers and that is something that cannot possibly do. In the final analysis, Apple would be unsuccessful with building a master key for the FBI and gain trust from their customers.