This is a continuation of a previous post.
URGENT UPDATE: The FBI informed the newshounds at the Wall Street Journal that it opposed many of the new modifications introduced by Apple. Another online source indicated that the FBI was, indeed, unhappy with several of the proposed adjustments to the encryption software being built for the new roll out of iDevices.
On Tuesday, the FBI went on to make a public statement that it wants Apple to give them “lawful access by design” in order to conduct their investigations with ease.
The FBI stated it continues to be deeply involved with the dangers that end-to-end and user-only-access encryption practices can pose. With these encryption products, the FBI could not systematically access many, if any, of the numerous features that iPhones and iPads give insight into which apps a user was using, to see the user’s messages or camera roll, as well as, images saved to the device.
“This hinders our capability to guard the American people from criminal acts ranging from cyber-attacks and violence towards youngsters to drug trafficking, organized crime and terrorism,” a member of the FBI said. “End-to-end and user-only-access encryption erodes law enforcement’s potential to fight these threats and administer justice for the American public.”
Basically, the FBI is demanding a backdoor be installed into every single new device. Maybe backdoor isn’t the best metaphor as it implies a structural change. What they’re proposing is more like a spare key… A spare key can be made without anyone in the home ever noticing. Likewise, the spare keys will most likely be software that will be downloaded by every iPhone user during a “routine update”. Except our iPhone’s will in turn be reprogrammed to give complete insider access to everything that passes through device, regardless of the security measures employed by the device owner or by app developers. The FBI has declared that they want spare keys into the lives of every smartphone.
Losing the spare key to your home can be an awfully nerve-racking experience. Some people would go through the trouble to have all of their locks changed that same day! Because to lose a spare key means that whoever ends up the key’s beholder now has unquestionable access to your entire life. We don’t always consider the sentimental ways that our houses portray our livelihood. Giving just anyone access to all of that information, all of your belongings, your hard work and earnings, could easily put an end to the homeowner’s current position, their life as they knew it.
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This is a staggering jab at the ethics behind these personal privacy efforts. One that undoubtably has civil rights activists teetering on the edge of siding with the tech industry giant, Apple, for the first time in history.
What do you think? Is personal data privacy a civil right? Does the FBI have the right to a spare key? Let us know what you think in the comment section below. (Reminder to please use your utmost reputable language and good graces to fellow commenters regardless of your position on the question. Thank you!)
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