APPLE HAS DECIDED TO TAKE ON THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,
AND IT IS AN INTERESTING CASE.
WE HAVE THE SAN BERNARDINO
SHOOTER, THE TERRORIST WHO KILLED 14 PEOPLE, INJURED 21
OTHERS.
THEY HAVE HIS CELL
PHONE, BUT THEY CAN'T OPEN IT UP, SO THEY ARE ASKING APPLE FOR
HELP.
TIM COOK, THE CEO OF APPLE, HAS SAID NO.
AN
INTERESTING CASE, FIRST LET'S
HEAR OUT TIM COOK AS TO WHY, THEN I WILL GIVE YOU BOTH SIDES.
HE SAYS --
HE IS SAYING THE FBI ISN'T JUST SAYING UNLOCK THIS PHONE
FOR ME, THE FBI INSISTS THEY ARE.
APPLE SAYS THEY WANT US TO
CREATE SOFTWARE TO UNLOCK THAT PHONE, BUT ONCE WE CREATE THAT
SOFTWARE, ANYONE CAN GET IT.
HE SAYS --
THEY ARE WORRIED THAT IT'S A BACKDOOR THE GOVERNMENT CAN USE
TO OPEN UP ALL OF OUR PHONES.
HE CONTINUES --
HE GOES ON
TO SAY --
SO WHO IS RIGHT ABOUT THIS?
I WILL GET INTO ADVOCATES FOR
PRIVACY THAT BEGIN TO TELL YOU WHO IS, BUT REMEMBER, ONE OF
THEM MADE A GOOD POINT.
HE SAID THEY ARE PAINTING THIS ISSUE,
THE GOVERNMENT, AS PRIVACY
VERSUS SECURITY, BUT ACTUALLY DOING THIS WOULD MAKE ALL OF US
LESS SECURE FOR THE REASONS TIM COOK JUST STATED, WHICH IS THAT,
HEY, NOW IF WE CREATE THIS, OTHER PEOPLE COULD GET THEIR
HANDS ON IT, AND THE GOVERNMENT COULD ALSO HAVE IT, IN WHICH
CASE NONE OF OUR PHONES ARE SAFE, NONE OF OUR INFORMATION IS
SAFE, AND NOT ONLY IS THAT A VIOLATION OF PRIVACY, BUT IT
COULD CREATE OTHER SECURITY
ISSUES.
NOW LET'S GO TO THE HUFFINGTON POST, THEY EXPLAINED
THAT --
NOW THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS OTHERWISE.
THEY SAY, LOOK, IN
FACT LET ME QUOTE HERE --
BUT THEY EXPLAIN --
TIM COOK AGAIN SAID IT WOULD --
WHERE DO SOME OF THE OTHER TECH GIANTS COME OUT?
THE GOOGLE
CEO HAS WEIGHED IN.
WHICH SIDE WILL HE BE ON?
HE SAID --
THEY EXPLAIN HERE THAT --
NOW WE GO TO FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR EVAN
GREER, HE ADJUDICATES, AT LEAST FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT
PRIVACY, AND HE SAYS --
HE GOES ON TO SAY --
THIS IS NOT AN EASY ISSUE BECAUSE THIS GUY WAS A
TERRORIST.
HE IS DEAD ALREADY, AND THAT IS WHY IT IS A
PARTICULARLY CASE, BECAUSE NORMALLY THE GOVERNMENT COULD
HAVE A WARRANT FOR THAT
PERSON TO UNLOCK HIS OWN PHONE IF HE WAS ALIVE, BUT HE HAS
PASSED AWAY AND ONLY HE KNOWS
THE CODE FOR THE PHONE.
I'M WORRIED THERE ARE A HOST OF
CRIMES WE WOULD ALL BE OUTRAGED BY, LET ALONE TERRORISM, ALL
THOSE THINGS -- IF IT WAS SOMEBODY YOU KNOW WHO GOT KILLED
OR WHO MIGHT BE IN DANGER NOW FROM A GUY WHO DOESN'T WANT TO
GIVE UP HIS CODE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY LET'S GET INTO THAT
PHONE.
IT IS NOT AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE, IT IS NOT SUPER EASY
IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT
APPEARS THAT THEY HAVE WORKED WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN OTHER
CASES AND IN PLACES THAT MADE SENSE, AND ESPECIALLY IF THE
PERSON IS ALIVE, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER WAYS TO GET THE
INFORMATION FROM THE PHONE.
IN THIS CASE, HE ALREADY DID WHAT
HE DID, HE IS ALREADY DEAD.
THERE COULD BE USEFUL
INFORMATION ON THERE ABOUT HOW HE MIGHT HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH
OTHER COLLABORATORS, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF
OTHER COLLABORATORS, SO IT IS KIND OF A GOOSE CHASE.
AND
MEANWHILE IF IT ALLOWS THE
GOVERNMENT TO HAVE A BACKDOOR SO THAT IT HAS ALL OF OUR -- ACCESS
TO ALL OF OUR PHONES, I AM WITH THE PRIVACY ADVOCATES AND THE
PEOPLE TRYING TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION.
THAT IS TOO MUCH
FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO ASK, AND I THINK APPLE IS RIGHT AND TIM
COOK IS RIGHT.
LEAVE OUR PHONES ALONE.