In my opinion, I believe that Apple should keep their stand against the FBI's request to have a back door into their customers devices. I have this mindset because it is our right to privacy as American citizens to not have the FBI interfering in our conversations and data. Also, if Apple leaves a back door for the FBI to "search for terrorists" then it will most likely be a back door for hackers to also get into our apparatuses and steal our information or be able to watch us at any moment. But if Apple decides not to comply with the FBI then I think that they will be in serious trouble because that is the law and I believe that the court will rule in the FBI's favor. The FBI uses the argument of being able to stop terrorists from committing another act, but I think that if the terrorist would like to commit an attack then they could do it with other resources. If the terrorists really wanted to take action it could happen at any moment and without the source of devices or the Internet. In conclusion, we have the right to keep the FBI and potential hackers out of our private lifestyle and what we choose to do every day on our phones, we should not have to be afraid to have a conversation with another person and have limitations to what we can or cannot say because of other people butting into our gadgets. The FBI is not entitled to snoop in on our conversations and daily lives with the access provided by cellular companies, but once opening that door for the FBI to be able to see what we have who knows if they will keep their word about not looking through our stuff. They will always use the excuse of terrorist acts but we are not all terrorists, we are not all the same but could be treated the same if we give this pathway.
http://www.cnet.com/news/court-to-fbi-no-spying-on-in-car-computers/
I totally agree man. The FBI shouldn't be entitled to have access to invade everyone's privacy just because they say so. I'm glad an issue like this has hit the public so it can make it clear to the government that our right to privacy is just as important. I'm very glad Apple is on our side. Their terrorists situation is serious like you said, but it indeed doesn't mean they should treat us all like terrorists. Good read Kevin.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that the FBI will have complete access to our lives through our technological appliances if they do win this argument increases a lot of speculation of the way the FBI wants to go about certain aspects such as terrorism. They shouldn't be able to just go around infringing on our rights as American citizens just because they feel the want/need to do so.
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