Re:Justice Department Wants Data from About 12 Other iPhones
by sieveoferos on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @10:16AM
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I agree with the general sentiment of "don't get rid of things only because they make certain jobs more difficult" - but I don't think the FBI is arguing for getting rid of encryption. I think they want to be able to break security surrounding encryption sometimes and under certain circumstances.
Re:Justice Department Wants Data from About 12 Other iPhones
by tobylane on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @10:25AM
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They amount to the same thing, depending on how its done and who gets it. If any law enforcement who tries hard (FBI, MI5, China) to fight what they want to fight gets hold of Apple's tool then that encryption is not so much outlawed as pointless to use.
It's because of the feverant fight on something (communism, black civil rights protesters, anti capitalists, future civil rights upholders) leads to questionable use of any tool that we can't give them too many tools. In the UK the mayor of London bought 3 water cannon trucks but has been forbidden to use them - where will they be in ten years time?
And so has the second amendment -- but that doesn't mean we should get rid of it. Yes, their job is hard. That's the nature of the job. Just because something makes a job more difficult doesn't mean it's a bad thing. I don't get why they insist on making this argument.