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Creating a backdoor would mean that hackers would require less effort to get into people’s phones, and would also allow more amateur hackers to get into people's phones. IPhones are encrypted with a single number, which is the product of two prime numbers. This makes the number extremly hard to find, taking supercomputers with extremely elite algorithms years to guess just one. However, there is a shortcut: using two “keys”, a private key and a public key. The public has access to the public key, and Apple (theoretically) has access to the private key. By using these keys in conjunction, the time required to guess the number decreases from years to days. By creating a backdoor, the private key will become available to anyone who needs it; law enforcement, the government, and hackers. This would allow elite hackers to decrease the time needed to access the phones by a huge amount, and would also allow amateur hackers to get into the game and try for

Apple’s iPhones are incredibly hard to hack, that the FBI can't even get in it themselves! Annoyingly, iPhone users are in trouble because the FBI is trying to get Apple to unlock an iPhone. Frighteningly, there are extremists that use iPhones to store their information in them, and if the FBI gets their hands on them, all iPhone users will be in trouble. The problem is that they don't have the right to break into somebody’s iPhone, and Apple doesn't have the information about the gunman in their database. Unfortunately, It seems the only way the FBI will get the information of lawbreakers is if they hack into their iPhones. Apple has to allow the FBI to unlock iPhones, because, they can use the information from

Millions of American citizens rely on Apple to protect their data. This data includes private conversations via emails and text messages, bank account information and location data. It is protected under a security system called encryption; encryption prevents criminals from accessing this important information. In the letter “A Message to Our Customers”,

Apple is currently going through the court system a lot these days; being one of the biggest tech cases of 2016. The FBI and the U.S. government want to take over the control of the iPhone. They want Apple to override the encryption feature to be allowed to crack the password. Currently, the new features only allow the owner to crack the password. Apple is arguing that the request is a violation of Apple’s First Amendment rights.

According to POLITICO’s post, Feds Drop Fight with Apple over Terrorist's IPhone, dated March 28, 2016, the Federal government asked Apple to help them access a terrorist’s phone. Apple, with their strict privacy laws declined this request. This prompted a legal fight between the Federal government and Apple, who have been in conflict since the release of IOS 8, which encrypted data in the devices. The FBI insisted that Apple should make a backdoor for them to access the devices in case of a national security issue. The issue went to court and a judge in California ordered Apple to unlock the phone of which Apple did not comply. According to Apple, the move could make every Apple customer vulnerable to attacks and

Resolved, Apple should unlock the iPhone for the FBI. The recent case, Apple Vs. United States, has stirred commotion within the United States and its citizens. After the San Bernardino shootings that killed fourteen people and seriously injured twenty-two, one of the shooter’s iPhone was confiscated by the police. This led to a debate on whether or not the phone should be unlocked. Apple CEO Tim Cook contends that by unlocking the phone, one’s privacy will be violated. On the other hand, the FBI wants Apple to unlock the phone as it might provide essential information. Apple should unlock the iPhone for the FBI as it proves to be the right decision on an economic, realistic, philosophical, and historical basis.

Microsoft is one of Apple’s biggest competitors, if not the biggest. Many experts believe that a universal key to iPhones would be detrimental to Apple. Therefore, how can Bill Gates, the creator of Apple’s competition, be trusted for fairness toward Apple? He may be contrasting Apple’s views because he wants their approval ratings to succumb to Microsoft. In fact, another Microsoft executive supported Apple, so this situation seems extremely suspicious. On the topic of the investigation, I agree with Bill Gates. There has got to be some way for Apple to unlock this single phone. Since Apple designed its own security system, they have got to know it inside and out, so they must know a way to help the FBI without colossal harm. I am also completely against the “master key.” This could allow anyone to look in on another’s private life; this takes away the point of the Fourth Amendment. If someone has a file cabinet that documents their crimes, any investigator must receive a search warrant to access it. What is different about someone’s personal electronic database? These personal liberties are more important than national security because they have defined the United States; without liberty, the United States will turn into the communist countries it has fought against for so long. Apple should be permitted to continue operating as a private business that has rights in investigations such as these. The FBI should use its resources or wait for Apple to find a

I can see how Apple is very pressured right now. The U.S. government has the iphone of a of one of the dead terrorists; Apple has been ordered by the government to open it. The problem is Apple

All in all, Apple did choose the right thing of refusing to hack into the iPhone. If Apple would breach the Phone, then they would break the constitution by going against the first and fourth amendment. Also, if Apple did violate the device, then it would have hurt the brand name. To avoid any other issues such as this one in the future we should amend the constitution or add laws that adjust to changing technology in the

Apple and the FBI are at odds with each other do to a dispute over phone security. The FBI wants a backdoor into information on certain cell phones to try and prevent terrorist attacks, but Apple will not comply, because, as they said in their statement, “we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect.”

To make a decision on this controversial topic, we must consider both an FBI and Apple perspective. Apple has come to a conclusion to turn the cold shoulder to the Federal Court. They would have to create a software that would create a backdoor to the iPhone. Imagine if this device was placed into the wrong hands. The FBI needs the four digit code because it may potentially save hundred of American lives in the

John Hopkins researchers poke a hole in Apple’s encryption was the article Grant and I both found most persuading to write an ethical analysis on. This article was published by Ellen Nakashima on March 21 by The Washington Post. Grant and I both agreed that creating a backdoor for the FBI is not a

First the FBI wants to search one phone and seize it’s private information, then they realize that they can get a bunch of information by seizing a lot of other people’s privacy, and they keep requesting to search new phones, which now it has become a big issue with the hackers and the encryption codes that are ready to be stolen. You would be surprised what hackers can do. There have been a lot of different hacks that have revealed a lot of people’s privacy such as the bart attack, the project chanology attack, donald trump’s website hack, the federal attack hack, the cybergate hack, the dark discovery hack, and many more. If hackers can hack things like these, it won’t be too hard for them to steal encryption codes and IP addresses. The FBI should be more aware of the risk that they are taking in unlocking all these new phones, and they should know that iphone privacy is not completely protected. But, it should be right? This is outrageous. Do you want your privacy to be protected? As you know it is not right now, and it will gradually get worse if the FBI continues with their

According to the Nation in the article Apple vs. the FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation wants Apple to build a version of iOS with weak security. This will enable them to access the phone of Syed Rizwan Farook. Although the government is insisting that it will only utilize the tool once, this will affect the millions of Apple users. Apple is taking a stand because this not only compromises the privacy of their users, but it also presents vulnerabilities for hackers to exploit. Furthermore, sophisticated criminals have other advanced avenues of securing their communication and data.

Apple can maintain security and provide the FBI with a master key. They should only provide information to the FBI if there is information needed. Like if they know that something harmful or dangerous is going to happen they should provide information. Apple argues, “ The FBI asked us for help in the days following the attack , and we have worked hard to support the government’s efforts to solve this horrible crime”. This happened in San Bernardino, which was a case where there were shootings. The U.S government asked Apple to help it gain access to private information on an iphone that belongs to one of the shooters. It is also important for Apple to maintain security. Apple demonstrates, “ People use them to store an incredible amount of