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Originally Posted by PatNY
Fair enough. But there is no law which prevents Apple from helping the government to crack the phone. And if Congress were to pass a law requiring tech companies to comply with court orders to crack a phone in certain circumstances, would you support that law? Or only the laws you believe in?
Do you believe the right to privacy regarding cell phones is absolute? Here is a hypothetical: Last November, highly radioactive material went missing in Iraq. Just being in close proximity to this material could be fatal. The international community was very concerned, afraid that it could get into the hands of a terrorist group such as Isis. It was found a few months later. But, assuming it had not been found, what if someone with ties to terrorism were arrested in the U.S. and there was credible evidence he was recently in contact with the party that stole the radioactive material and they planned to make a dirty bomb and smuggle it into the country? The government is able to show a judge credible evidence of this, and they want the judge to order Apple to unlock the suspect’s phone so they can find out who, when and where. Would you still be against Apple unlocking the phone?
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In this case, Apple could crack the phone, and hand the data over, without giving the government the uncracked phone. In this case, chain of custody is not that important, the actual data is.
Or are you saying that it is more important for the government to be able to prosecute a few people rather than save millions of lives?