The court order which requires Apple to assist law enforcement to open the San Bernardino Terrorism Defendants' Apple IPhones and other devices is correct and will be affirmed and enforced. Apple is embarrassingly wrong in its idiotic argument that the order jeopardizes Apple customers' privacy.
Apple's argument against the court order assumes that allowing law enforcement access to the San Bernardino Defendant's Apple 'phone will allow computer hackers worldwide access to all other Apple 'phones.
That conclusion is based upon another assumption: that American state and federal law enforcement personnel cannot be trusted to maintain Apple's security outside the specific criminal investigation at hand.
Or, another assumption: that the Apple personnel involved in opening the Apple 'phone cannot be trusted to maintain Apple's security outside the specific task of cooperating with the government on this single case.
If Apple cannot trust its own employees, that is Apple's dilemma: not the American state or federal governments'. If Apple employees are not reliable, trustworthy and ethical, then Apple needs new employees.
If Apple does not trust California state law enforcement personnel in San Bernardino County or within the United States Government, then Apple needs to change its mind.
This entire debate is childish and silly. Apple must obey the court order. Surely Apple has the wherewithal to absolutely guarantee the integrity of the process of opening one telephone to comply with one subpoena.
It is idiotic to conclude that every Apple employee involved in opening this single 'phone is a thief and a pirate who would leak the password to the world and destroy Apple customers' privacy worldwide.
If that were true, then Apple's worldwide security is already in shambles and all customers' data are already exposed.
It is embarrassing to observe that everyone with an iPad or a Notebook, who can type, now proclaims himself an expert in law, mathematics, engineering, politics, worldwide business and government.
I have watched Tim Cook talk. Bless his heart. He has absolutely no knowledge of anything.
I have no doubt that Apple will be required to open the 'phone and any other device necessary to this law enforcement investigation.
But not until after every Silicon Valley Hippy has had the opportunity to give a Ted Talk on American Corporate Capitalism and President Dwight David Eisenhower's Military Industrial Complex.
Have a Dovely.
Sincerely yours, Caleb Boone.
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Re: Re: Apple Must Open The San Bernardino Terrorist's IPhone.
I have re-read your comment.
I note that you did not state disagreement with me, as such.
Therefore, I retract the sentence which I typed: "I disagree with you."
I don't disagree with you.
Instead, I offer the comment which I typed a few moments ago to further articulate what I typed yesterday.
Have a Dovely.
Sincerely yours,
Caleb Boone.
Apple Must Open The San Bernardino Terrorist's IPhone.
The court order which requires Apple to assist law enforcement to open the San Bernardino Terrorism Defendants' Apple IPhones and other devices is correct and will be affirmed and enforced. Apple is embarrassingly wrong in its idiotic argument that the order jeopardizes Apple customers' privacy.
Apple's argument against the court order assumes that allowing law enforcement access to the San Bernardino Defendant's Apple 'phone will allow computer hackers worldwide access to all other Apple 'phones.
That conclusion is based upon another assumption: that American state and federal law enforcement personnel cannot be trusted to maintain Apple's security outside the specific criminal investigation at hand.
Or, another assumption: that the Apple personnel involved in opening the Apple 'phone cannot be trusted to maintain Apple's security outside the specific task of cooperating with the government on this single case.
If Apple cannot trust its own employees, that is Apple's dilemma: not the American state or federal governments'. If Apple employees are not reliable, trustworthy and ethical, then Apple needs new employees.
If Apple does not trust California state law enforcement personnel in San Bernardino County or within the United States Government, then Apple needs to change its mind.
This entire debate is childish and silly. Apple must obey the court order. Surely Apple has the wherewithal to absolutely guarantee the integrity of the process of opening one telephone to comply with one subpoena.
It is idiotic to conclude that every Apple employee involved in opening this single 'phone is a thief and a pirate who would leak the password to the world and destroy Apple customers' privacy worldwide.
If that were true, then Apple's worldwide security is already in shambles and all customers' data are already exposed.
It is embarrassing to observe that everyone with an iPad or a Notebook, who can type, now proclaims himself an expert in law, mathematics, engineering, politics, worldwide business and government.
I have watched Tim Cook talk. Bless his heart. He has absolutely no knowledge of anything.
I have no doubt that Apple will be required to open the 'phone and any other device necessary to this law enforcement investigation.
But not until after every Silicon Valley Hippy has had the opportunity to give a Ted Talk on American Corporate Capitalism and President Dwight David Eisenhower's Military Industrial Complex.
Have a Dovely.
Sincerely yours,
Caleb Boone.
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