Re: Apple vs. the FBI
Reply #11 –
The weird thing in this story is that FBI seems to be *asking* for backdoor access. Apple itself, CIA, KGB, and all other interested parties already have it without asking. What gives?
You haven't been keeping up with the technology, have you?
You're just another would-be Aladdin. Fantasy seems to be your milieu.
So: Here's a new scenario for your consideration.
Biochemical extraction of memories becomes possible. All it takes is slicing and dicing the brain that contains the relevant memories… How long do you think it would be before law enforcement would "ask" for access to such memories, before they had a corpse…? (Specially if they could get the same thing from a "core"-man, heh? Technology does advance.)
And if it were possible to clone the individual, what would be the harm? "Hey, you honor, we'll make an exact copy of him… What's the problem? We're only destroying a copy…" Are there not judges that would find no constitutional problems with such?
(See what you've missed out on, Jaybro, by ignoring the genre of Science Fiction? This "argument" occurred to me immediately. I thank ersi for giving me the necessary point against which to mention it: He assumes too much and knows too little, so I had to challenge his presumptions.)
The "magic" solution is presumed by law enforcement; but -as everyone knows- magic entails a cost…
Apple can either cripple its encryption or go out of business… Will it matter, that every other provider of such devices will be left in the same position?
I don't think so. This is the watershed case: The 4th Amendment means something, doesn't it?
Ask Trump. Ask Clinton, or Sanders.
The only one I know who will answer based upon a consistent understanding of the U.S. constitution is Ted Cruz.
Sorry! But the rest of the field is wishy-washy… You perhaps disagree?
(I've sent him a specific question, via email. If I receive an answer, I'll -of course- pass it on. But I don't know him personally, and I can't guarantee that I'll get an answer. My intimation is — well, what you'd expect. But I could be wrong…
The worst case would be that my question is ignored. If he doesn't answer me, he's not the candidate I think he is…
That will matter, to me.)
@Jaybro: Do you think I miss-used my last comma here…?