Friday, March 11, 2016

Apple vs FBI. Who is right, and who is wrong?

This past December in San Bernadino California, there was an attack that killed 14 people, and left 22 injured. Apple is currently in a battle with the FBI over an IPhone that was used by one of the shooters. Since going into the shooters IPhone is against the contract, Apple is not allowing the FBI to look into the shooters phone. According to LiveScience.com "In 2014, Apple deliberately changed its operating system (OS) to ensure that all iPhones were encrypted by default and that Apple had no access to the encrition keys.  Instead, keys are generated by combining a user's password with a unique identifier stored on the phone. Farook's phone runs iOS 9, which includes the new security setup as well as a feature that permanently locks the phone after 10 incorrect entries.Because Apple can't decrypt the phone, the FBI wants the company to upload a modified OS that disables the 10-attempt limit and permits electronic entry. "It is said that this battle is law enforcement's new attempt at trying to dodge the "growing levels of encryption in costumer services" according to livescience. Let's just hope that after this is over, Apple and the FBI will go back to being huge parts of our lives, but in separate ways.

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