Posted on Feb 29, 2016
Will Apple's Reluctance to work for the Federal Government give Criminals Incentive to Purchase IPHONES to Protect their Criminal Activity?
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The FBI has been trying to get Apple to access the Passcode of the IPHONE of one of the San Bernardino Terrorist. They have refused because it could violate the Protection they guarantee their customers and Ruin their Brand. Is that a strong enough Narrative to not Help the Federal Government?
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What I find interesting is that the Army is currently in the process of switching from BB to iPhone products for senior leadership.
As for this one case, it should be a moot point. There is already a company that has said it will open the iPhone for the FBI. For free. The fact that the FBI hasn't even looked at that option tells me this isn't about this phone, it's about the FBI wanting precedent in regards to control over a company.
http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-ill-decrypt-san-bernardino-phone-for-free-2016-2
As for this one case, it should be a moot point. There is already a company that has said it will open the iPhone for the FBI. For free. The fact that the FBI hasn't even looked at that option tells me this isn't about this phone, it's about the FBI wanting precedent in regards to control over a company.
http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-ill-decrypt-san-bernardino-phone-for-free-2016-2
JOHN MCAFEE: I'll decrypt the San Bernardino phone free of charge so Apple doesn't need to place...
Cybersecurity expert John McAfee weighs in on the FBI's wanting Apple to decrypt the San Bernardino phone.
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SSG Brian Lovins
Very interesting that the Army is going to Iphones, as a field service mechanic my company gives me an Iphone, I hate it and only use it for work related stuff, I prefer Android, however when they tried to turn on the GPS feature so they could track us with our phones Apple told them NO, because to use an Iphone you must create an Itunes account, the Itunes account belongs to the individual regardless of who technically owns the phone. So in theory I could use it for whatever I wanted and they could not monitor it. We are supposed to be switching to an android based phone sometime in the future.
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I would say it will give everyone an incentive to buy iphones, which is why Apple is doing it. There aren't enough criminals to grow Apple's revenues appreciably, but there are still (lots) of ordinary people they can convert from androids that cant stand up to the government in the same way.
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