A dispute between Apple Inc. and the FBI has taking the lead
into the topic of discussion about how much the FBI can access our privacy. The
FBI requested Tuesday that Apple unlock a locked iPhone so that they could see
its data.
Even though the phone belonged to Syed Rizwan Farook, one of
the gunmen of the San Bernardino terror, Apple refused.
“Obeying
the order would set a dangerous precedent, and that creating a
"backdoor" to its own security systems could compromise the security
of billions
of customers.” Apple’s Chief Executive Tim Cook said.
Now
everything is being taken to trial and will set a precedent for how much
privacy the FBI is really allowed to monitor.
Apple
has already tried to help without unlocking the phone by giving the FBI data
from the phone’s last iCloud backup, which was made about a month
before the attacks.
Not
only would iPhone’s reputation be shredded if they released a backdoor into the iPhone’s
security system, but that kind of access in the wrong hands leaves everyone
holding an iPhone at risk.
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