Just because you're paranoid...

[richerthanyou]

By Nicole Carpenter Apple will oppose the Federal Bureau of Investigation's court order demanding the company create a backdoor to the iPhone.

The order is part of an ongoing investigation regarding an act of terrorism in San Bernardino, California, in December—an order Apple CEO Tim Cook described as "an unprecedented step" that "threatens the security" of Apple's customers.

While the government's intentions may be good, Cook wrote, the order has "implications far beyond the legal case at hand."

Using the All Writs Act of 1789 to "justify" the FBI's "expansion of its authority," the government is demanding Apple create a new operating system in which certain security measures are bypassed, and passcodes can be entered electronically—making it "easier to unlock an iPhone by 'brute force,' trying thousands or millions of combinations" at top speeds.

Allowing to use the All Writs Act gives the FBI the ability to "reach into anyone's device to capture their data," Cook wrote.

"The government could extend this breach of privacy and demand that Apple build surveillance software to intercept your messages, access your health records or financial data, track your location, or even access your phone's microphone or camera without your knowledge."

Cook is adamant neither he nor Apple have any "sympathy for terrorists," nothing the company has complied with "valid subpoenas and search warrants." However, regardless of the "different words" the FBI uses to describe the requested tool, "building a version of iOS that bypasses security in this would be undeniably create a backdoor." Once created, it could be a danger to Apple customers around the world.

I don't even know what to say about this.

[richerthanyou]

EFF to Support Apple in Encryption Battle

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/02/eff-support-apple-encryption-battle

It's not really paranoia if it's actually happening is it?

Anyone else adding an extra layer to their tinfoil hat or am I the only one?

[Jim_Campbell]

FBI says it was not privy to possibly important information on Syed Farook's ‎iPhone‬. The FBI was also not privy to bedroom conversations with his wife, who was his co-conspirator. Therefore the FBI must bug all bedrooms. To suggest otherwise is to support terrorism — remember that only the guilty have something to hide.

Cheers

Jim

[richerthanyou]

http://www.apple.com/customer-letter/

The implications of the government's demands are chilling. If the government can use the All Writs Act to make it easier to unlock your iPhone, it would have the power to reach into anyone's device to capture their data. The government could extend this breach of privacy and demand that Apple build surveillance software to intercept your messages, access your health records or financial data, track your location, or even access your phone's microphone or camera without your knowledge.

And that, coming straight from Apple. And you thought that Nazi Germany was bad? Wait til Donald Trump gets into power....can you imagine if Adolf Hitler would have had the ability to spy on an entire nation in such a way? You can bet your life that a lot more people would have been slaughtered by him. Now I'm not saying Donald Trump is as bad as Adolf Hitler....not yet anyway....

[The Legendary Shark]