HOW THE AUTHORITIES HACKED INTO SYED FAROOK'S IPHONE.
AGAIN, SYED FAROOK WAS ONE OF THE SHOOTERS DURING THAT
TRAGIC SAN BERNARDINO TERRORIST ATTACK.
OF COURSE, UNDERSTANDABLY AUTHORITIES WANTED ACCESS TO
HIS IPHONE TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HIM.
HOWEVER THE PEOPLE AT APPLE DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD NOT
GIVE THEM ACCESS, PARTLY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS
BECAUSE THEY FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SECURE THE
PRIVACY OF ITS USERS REGARDLESS OF WHAT ITS USERS HAVE GOTTEN
INVOLVED IN IN THE PAST.
SO, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE FBI DID IS THEY FOUND A THIRD-PARTY,
AN UNNAMED SOURCE THAT SAID YOU DON'T NEED APPLE TO WORK
WITH YOU.
WE CAN HACK INTO THE PHONE FOR YOU.
THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE
STATEMENT BY THE UNNAMED SOURCE.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE AN IPHONE, MOST
PEOPLE WILL HAVE A SECURITY CODE SO PEOPLE CAN JUST OPEN THEIR
PHONE AND LOOK THROUGH THEIR STUFF.
APPLE HAS CREATED THIS SYSTEM WHERE AFTER 10 SEPARATE TRIES
YOUR PHONE GETS LOCKED AND NO ONE CAN HACK INTO IT.
WHAT THE FEDS WANTED TO DO WAS HAVE APPLE CREATE A WAY OF
BYPASSING THAT SYSTEM.
APPLE REFUSED TO DO IT.
THAT IS WHY THIS WENT TO COURT, THANKFULLY THE FEDS HAVE
DROPPED THE SUIT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS A
THIRD-PARTY THAT HACKED INTO THE PHONE FOR THEM.
>>THERE IS ALWAYS A THING YOU HOPE IS TRUE.
THE THING I HOPE IS TRUE IS THAT THE THIRD-PARTY WAS JUST
SOMEONE BEING LIKE, YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO FINGERPRINT ID.
JUST TAKE HIS FINGER, TAKE THE DEAD MAN'S FINGER, AND DO THAT.
AND THE FBI TAKING A WEEK TO GO, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND A THIRD-PARTY
FROM A REAL GOOD HACKER, AND IT'S JUST LIKE SOME KID.
>> I LOVE THIS THIRD-PARTY IDEA.
WHO IS THIS PERSON?
IT'S LIKE THIS PERSON WAS A PERSON THAT THE FBI TRIED TO
CHASE DOWN, AND NOW THEY ARE WORKING FOR THE FBI.
THANK YOU APPLE FOR PROTECTING ME, BUT I DON'T ASSUME THAT MY
PHONE IS PRIVATE, YOU KNOW.
IF YOU ARE COMPLETELY INNOCENT AND EVERYTHING IS COOL IN
YOUR WORLD AND IT'S JUST PICTURES OF YOU AND YOUR
BOYFRIEND, OR YOU WALKING DOWN THE BEACH, THEN YOU ARE NOT
REALLY WORRIED ABOUT WHO CAN GET INTO YOUR PHONE.
IT'S ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING SOME DIRT THAT WOULD REALLY BE
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
>>THE THING THAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT IS HAVING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SPYING AND ON US WHEN WE HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG.
THERE IS A HUGE ISSUE WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
WHAT EDWARD SNOWDEN TOLD US WHERE YOU HAVE FEDERAL
ORGANIZATIONS JUST INDISCRIMINATELY SPYING ON
EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN, COLLECTING OUR DATA, KEEPING
IT IN A DATABASE, LYING TO US ABOUT HOW IT'S METADATA.
WE CAN'T ALL BE TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THESE TECH COMPANIES
TO TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO PROTECT OUR PRIVACY.
HOWEVER, I AM TORN ON INCIDENTS LIKE THIS THAT INVOLVE SOMEONE
WHO WAS CLEARLY A CRIMINAL, WHO CLEARLY SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT APPLE DID NOT JUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO
HACK INTO HIS PHONE THEMSELVES.
IT'S ALMOST AS IF THEY HAVE CREATED THIS SYSTEM WHERE THEY
CAN STEP BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE NOT INVOLVED BECAUSE WE
HAVE NOT CREATED THAT TECHNOLOGY AND SORRY.
>>THE REASON THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVEN'T INVENTED THAT
TECHNOLOGY IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO COME STEAL IT.
IF THERE IS NOTHING TO STEAL, THEN APPLE WAS LIKE WE ARE SAFE.
THEY WERE KIND OF PLAYING THIS GAME OF CHICKEN WITH THE FBI.
IT GOT THE FREEDOM FIGHTER INSIDE ME TO SAY WAY TO GO
APPLE.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I THOUGHT FACEBOOK WAS TRYING TO GET
INTO MY PRIVACY.
AND YOU ARE THERE STANDING UP AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT SAYING
NO ONE IS GOING TO GET INTO SOMEONE'S PHONE.
HOWEVER, NOW IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE CAN.
RATHER THAN APPLE BE THE FORTRESS THAT HACKERS ARE
TRYING TO GET INTO, IT MIGHT BE SOME HACKER NAMED BRANDON FROM
SUNNYVALE WHO SAYS I CAN DO THAT.
WHO DID THIS?
HOPEFULLY IT'S JUST A FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION.
BUT I DON'T KNOW.
>>UNFORTUNATELY I JUST MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYTHING I
HAVE IS HACKABLE.
EVERY TIME I AM WATCHING A PORN VIDEO I THINK ABOUT THE PERSON
ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT IS WATCHING ME WATCH THE PORN.
I ASK MYSELF IS IT OKAY IF THE PUBLIC KNOWS?
YES.
I AM AN OPEN BOOK SO I FEEL A LOT OF FREEDOM AS A RESULT.
BUT WE SHOULDN'T LIVE IN THAT
KIND OF WORLD.
I JUST READ AN ARTICLE
ABOUT THESE SEX TOYS WHERE YOU CAN CONNECT WITH YOUR
SIGNIFICANT OTHER FROM A REMOTE LOCATION, THAT IS NOW HACKABLE.
>> IT'S CHEATING BECAUSE IT IS SO GOOD.