Sunday, February 21, 2016
FBI vs. iPhone
In respects to the Apple company, i completely agree that "Citizens, and iPhone users, have a legitimate interest in keeping the data on their phone private and secure". Although Apple allows citizens the right to privacy I don't not agree that apple should refrain from allowing the FBI from viewing information that may be lingering in ONE device and in a cellular device that will no longer be capable of being used by its original owner. Putting myself in Tim Cook's, I would not refrain the access of the device to the FBI. I would grant the FBI access to the data currently lingering on the device but would be hesitant if they demanded to retrieve encrypted data using a code in the system which will grant them access data to any iPhone. All iPhone owners have the right to privacy as citizens, and should not be affected by the investigation still going on. If the FBI turns out winning the right of access to the encrypted data, they would be violating Apple's right to allow iPhone users to keep data on the iPhone private and secure. If Apple's stand against the FBI gets its way, the rights that will be impacted by their refusal will be that of privacy of all iPhone owners, and the demands by the government "would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect". As stated in a prior reading dealing with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it states in article three of the preamble that "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person". Apple's stand on protecting iPhone owners data falls under this article by granting the person the right of security. These specific human rights "lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups"(United Nations Human Rights). Overall, the government and investigators definitely have the right to view what is on this terrorists phone in a way of protecting citizens from more terrorist acts from occurring, but I agree they do not have the right to force apple to create a backdoor into the security system that will affect all iPhones and the privacy of their owners. I strongly believe Apple has the right to stand up for all their iPhone users privacy in the end. .
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Hey Kassandra!
ReplyDeleteI also agree that Apple should protect our right of privacy and stand up for us because if they don't in the end we (Apple users) are going to pay the price for it. Im not sure if you own any Apple devices but if you do just think about how much easier it would be for our information to be hacked into and possibly even taken away if the FBI one this debate. I mean I'm sure investigators and you know the whole government has good intentions and they want to protect us as citizens. But, they can't protect us and then be okay with violating our privacy rights. Right?
I agree with you partially. I believe that Apple shouldn't allow ANYONE to view another persons phone. Getting into someone's phone is as if they were accessing their entire personal life. No one should be allowed to know what is on someone else phone unless there was permission given to the person. As if the government didn't already have enough supervision over us.
ReplyDeleteHey Kassandra, I agree with you. I feel that Apple should let the FBI into the terrorist phone, but not let them be able to get access to all iphone users phones. The governent has much control over what we see and do already, but if there was a way to give them the data they wanted without letting them be able to get into every iphone.
ReplyDeleteI partially agree with you. I feel that Apple should not let the FBI have the information from someone's phone because it would violate their rights to privacy and security. People should be able to keep the data on their phones private and secure.
ReplyDeleteHey Kassandra, I really enjoyed reading your post, I was actually surprised to see you would grant permission to the FbI to access the data if you were Apple.
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