APPLETO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT

ORTO PROTECT CUSTOMER PRIVACY?

By Blake Uhing

SAN BERNARDINO 2015

• DECEMBER 2, 2015• 14 KILLED, 22 SERIOUSLY INJURED IN SHOOTING• INLAND REGIONAL CENTER• COUPLE PERFORMED THE ATTACK

• KILLED IN POLICE SHOOTOUT

FBI AND APPLE

• FBI FEELS AS THOUGH THERE IS CRUCIAL EVIDENCE IN THE IPHONE OF DEAD KILLER

• NO SOFTWARE EXISTS TO “BREAK INTO” IPHONE• FBI COURT ORDER TO DISABLE THE FEATURE THAT WIPES THE DATA ON

THE PHONE AFTER 10 INCORRECT TRIES AT ENTERING A PASSWORD.• APPLE FEARS THAT ONCE THIS SOFTWARE IS DEVELOPED, IT WILL GET

INTO THE WRONG HANDS • GOVERNMENT WILL START USING IT FOR SMALLER AND SMALLER OFFENCES

• “ONCE CREATED, THE TECHNIQUE COULD BE USED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, ON ANY NUMBER OF DEVICES. IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD, IT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF A MASTER KEY, CAPABLE OF OPENING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF LOCKS — FROM RESTAURANTS AND BANKS TO STORES AND HOMES. NO REASONABLE PERSON WOULD FIND THAT ACCEPTABLE.”

- TIM COOK, CEO

WHY APPLE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION

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• APPLE HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF ITS CUSTOMERS• MEDICAL RECORDS• SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS• BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION

• WHEN TO START AND STOP?• HOMICIDES• ROBBERIES• DRUG DEALS

• APPLE’S COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IS ITS PRIVACY STANDARDS• CREATING THIS SOFTWARE WOULD PUT THIS ADVANTAGE IN JEOPARDY