Monday, February 22, 2016

Do Now 2/22/2016

I'm sure that by this point, all of us have read, or at least heard about, Apple's customer letter in regards to the FBI's request for a "backdoor" into their products.  The FBI's reasoning is that it would only be used to gather information on the recent San Bernardino attack.  The issue that Apple has with this request, which, in my opinion, is completely understandable, is that once the government has a way into the iPhones involved, there is no doubt that they will use that same method to get into others, even if they say they will only use it once.  The other problem with this request is that it increases hackers' chances of being able to get into Apple products.  Currently, according to Apple, this "backdoor" does not exist and they are not going to create it.  If they were to do as the FBI has asked, nothing would stop hackers from getting the information needed to hack into millions of Apple products worldwide.  Personally, I agree with Apple's actions.  Giving the FBI access to people's iPhones would not be a wise decision because it undoubtedly would lead to bigger problems down the road.

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