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Originally Posted by Barty
I'm pretty sure that the NSA has some zero day exploits they can use to load arbitrary code onto the iPhone to do what they want. Or use other trickier hardware intrusion methods. If national security were at stake, they could do it without Apple. Of course if national security were at stake, they would have come to Apple quietly and Tim Cook would have cooperated.
This is political. The FBI is using this as a test case. Apple could've quietly complied and set terms so that the FBI would get the data and nothing else. They could've put off the confrontation for another day and waited for a case more favorable to them publicly. But instead they decided to draw the line here.
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I don’t believe the government has any way to crack the phone and ensure all data is preserved without Apple’s help. If they did, I think they would have used it by now. As for Tim Cook accommodating the FBI if national security were clearly at stake, I’m not sure he would, but it makes for an interesting hypothetical. In the San Bernadino case, it could be argued that national security is at stake because the killers’ motivations were fueled by international terrorists. It is not a stretch to think they had ties to those terrorists, directly or indirectly through intermediaries.
You’re saying this is political for Apple, right? Not the FBI. If you mean Apple, I agree. They are taking a very public stance here and drawing a line.
I am split on this issue and sympathize with both sides. But, ultimately, I think companies should be compelled to assist the government where there is a court order and under strictly limited circumstances – for example, when issues of national security and public safety are at stake and in murder investigations. Individual rights have never been absolute in this country and can be superseded when the greater good is at stake. This is such an instance, I believe. I think Congress may have to pass legislation to make the situation clearer for both sides.
To those who are against making Apple comply, would you feel the same way if your spouse, parent, child or sibling were one of those killed in that conference room in San Bernadino?