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Title: Skeleton keys open doors for all governments, not just ours
Post by: HCK on February 19, 2016, 09:00:14 pm
Skeleton keys open doors for all governments, not just ours

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Does the U.S. government have the right to examine any of our private information, no matter how it’s stored, with a properly executed warrant? That’s the crux of the latest battle between Apple and the FBI. As you can read elsewhere on Macworld (http://www.macworld.com/article/3034214/security/tim-cook-says-apple-will-oppose-court-order-rather-than-hack-customers.html), the United States District Court of California has issued an order requiring Apple to build firmware to decrypt an iPhone 5c owned by one of the San Bernardino terrorists.</p><p>
But I’d like to hone in on a couple of things Tim Cook said in his public letter (http://www.apple.com/customer-letter/) explaining Apple’s rejection of the court order, which it’s expressed in legal terms in a filing as well:</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3034319/legal/skeleton-keys-open-doors-for-all-governments-not-just-ours.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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