Jesse Hathaway
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In this episode of The Heartland Daily Podcast, managing editor Jesse Hathaway talks with Electronic Frontier Foundation staff attorney Sophia Cope about the Federal District Court for the District of Central California’s recent demand that Apple, the $700 billion tech company producing consumer products like the iPhone and iPad, assist the Federal Bureau of Investigations with their investigation into the December 2, 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack by devising a way to unlock the deceased terrorist’s iPhone without a password.
Apple is fighting the court order, claiming FBI is seeking unconstitutional powers that could lead to massive invasions of consumers’ privacy in the future by government agencies, Cope says. By requiring a company to hack its own products, the government is seeking to set a dangerous precedent that could lead to mass surveillance.
Requiring the software and hardware company to create an operating system lacking the privacy measures installed on the iPhone is also a form of involuntary conscription, Cope says, and technology companies are right to defy the order and protect their consumers’ privacy.
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