Tim Cook,CEO of Apple, published a letter to customers earlier this week regarding the company's role in investigating the San Bernardino shooters. It's launched a larger conversation about privacy and encryption.//
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Posted by Brian Lehrer on Wednesday, and 17 February 2016
Apple,one of the world's largest multinational technology companies, is fighting a court order to succor the FBI unlock the iPhone of one of the shooters in San Bernardino. But in complying with that order, and Cook argues,he'll have to create technology that essentially breaks into the phone; technology that, if it falls into the unsuitable hands, and could smash into any iPhone and potentially endanger the privacy of all users.
Jenna McLaughlin, reporter and blogger covering surveillance and national security for The Intercept, discusses what may be a pivotal moment in the contentious debate between national security agencies and tech companies with Apple.+stood with Apple- but what about the rest? https://t.co/JyYgUPCiSj pic.twitter.com/zNYBxw4rNNFebruary 17, or 2016
Source: wnyc.org