Two people pass a news stand with a headline about Apple's opposition of a court order to unlock an iPhone. Woman: I guess my iPhone is more secure than I thought.
This may end up a very interesting case before SCOTUS. Apple is right to not want to open a “back door” that anyone can get through, as they noted, but what are the limits on what a warrant can mandate. CREATING a computer program that doesn’t currently exist doesn’t seem the same as just simply searching for evidence in what is not “property”. The phone is one thing, but the programming required to be created to secure the content????
This may end up a very interesting case before SCOTUS. Apple is right to not want to open a “back door” that anyone can get through, as they noted, but what are the limits on what a warrant can mandate. CREATING a computer program that doesn’t currently exist doesn’t seem the same as just simply searching for evidence in what is not “property”. The phone is one thing, but the programming required to be created to secure the content????