Hope worms hack off.your.encrypted Apple.

[renocat]

The Jobs lite guy at Apple says  he is going resist a court order that The company hp unlock the pbone used.by the San Bernardino terrorists who killed 14 people. I am not going to buy rotten Apples.

[renocat]

So dumbasses it.is.more important to give terrorists tools.to kill us than make.Apple help national security.  Just.pitiful.  why is.privacy on a.public owned system so darn good.

[The Big Train]

RenoLuke!

Also are your arthritis plagued fingers why you have so many unnecessary periods?

[8manpick]

Privacy is far more important

[catastrophe]

Privacy is far more important

I generally agree with this, but surely you can put an exception in your company policy to turn over such information belonging to confirmed terrorists after being ordered by a court to do so.

The decision could actually hurt privacy in the long run by establishing a precedent that courts DO have authority to issue those kinds of orders.

[8manpick]

No, I will not put in exceptions. If our government has proven anything, it's that every tiny exception granting excess power eventually will turn into a standard.

[catastrophe]

I haven't read the story, but it sounds like it would be an exception for Apple, not the government. Again, by not complying with the court order they run the risk of a decision that courts can do this whenever. The sympathetic nature of this particular case makes that risk higher than normal.

[star seed 7]

Radio just said the phone is owned by the city, that changes things imo. The city should be able to unlock it's own phone

[CNS]

Radio just said the phone is owned by the city, that changes things imo. The city should be able to unlock it's own phone

Yep, but, if I read the article on CNN correctly, Apple is saying once this is available, the govt can use it on anyone's phone. 

The city should be able to unlock it's own phone, but it shouldn't be allowed to put an undue burden on Apple to design a software update specifically to do that.  Also, the city should have some sort of policy in place for phone access(software, etc) that doesn't allow the employee to keep his phone private from his employer.  Not sure if this exists, or if it is an area that needs to catch up.

Anyway, I am fully on the side of Apple not giving our govt anything further that they can use to invade our privacy.  Lots of ppl are distracted by guns and gays yet don't give a crap about our right to privacy being mostly taken away.

[star seed 7]

Lol, like apple can't already do this

[CNS]

Lol, like apple can't already do this

I don't have an iPhone, but the article I read said that if they enter the wrong pass code too many times, the phone auto deletes a bunch of stuff.  They are asking Apple to provide an auto update that the phone will install without having to have someone put in the passcode.  Then the govt will hook it up to a computer that will try every possible code option until it lets them in. 

I doubt Apple has that. 

[star seed 7]

I'd bet the farm they are capable of unlocking the phone without an update, probably the reason they won't do it is they don't want the public to find out

[catastrophe]

Ok, telling Apple it has to design a program to hack its own phones seems like an important factor here.

[star seed 7]

Rush: do you think (jobs lite) would comply if the phone would find a serial killer of gay men instead of battling terrorists?

[sys]

go apple, go.

[ChiComCat]

I'd bet the farm they are capable of unlocking the phone without an update, probably the reason they won't do it is they don't want the public to find out

What would the benefit of this be?

[catastrophe]

I'd bet the farm they are capable of unlocking the phone without an update, probably the reason they won't do it is they don't want the public to find out

What would the benefit of this be?

So they can spy on you and then tell the NSA to go eff themselves.

[ednksu]

If it's a city phone I wonder if it's linked with an apple ID account.  Couldn't you just unlock that account from a computer terminal and access iMessaging on the back side?

[The Big Train]

Q: How do computer work?
A(You guys): They just do!

It's amazing to me how non-technical people think changing something like this is easy

[SdK]

#tbtbrag

#TheWesIsTheFuture

[MakeItRain]

Maybe the federal government should be better with national security so they don't have to rely on private businesses to do their job.

[The Big Train]

[MakeItRain]

http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-ill-decrypt-san-bernardino-phone-for-free-2016-2

[BrokenSky1113]

I'd bet the farm they are capable of unlocking the phone without an update, probably the reason they won't do it is they don't want the public to find out

You know a lot about politics yet nothing about technology.

[star seed 7]

I know more than you