In Apple-FBI standoff latest, gov’t says 200-year-old law applies to iPhone

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The fight between Apple and the FBI changed venues, out of the courtroom, and into the U.S. Congress.

The dispute is over the FBI’s demand to create software to break the encryption on an iPhone used by one of the two terrorists who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California last December.

CCTV America’s Daniel Ryntjes reports from Washington D.C.
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In Apple-FBI standoff latest, gov't says 200-year-old law applies to iPhone

The fight between Apple and the FBI changed venues, out of the courtroom, and into the U.S. Congress. The dispute is over the FBI's demand to create software to break the encryption on an iPhone used by one of the two terrorists who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California last December. CCTV America's Daniel Ryntjes reports from Washington D.C. FBI Director James Comey appeared before the U.S. Congress wielding an old law, dating back to 1789. He said the "All Writs Law" compels Apple to force open the doors -- not of a building as the law referred to, but of an iPhone 5C, used by Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the two San Bernardino terrorists killed in a shootout. Encryption provides iPhone users with a high level of privacy and security for personal and corporate information, but it also makes it more difficult for authorities to investigate and prevent terrorist attacks and crimes. Apple's General Counsel Bruce Sewell argued that the FBI's demand on the San Bernadino case would undermine every iPhone user's privacy and security. The FBI Director said that if they win the case in court, it will provide a legal precedent for law enforcement to force Apple to crack open its encryption system regularly. Both Apple and the FBI are in agreement that Congress should now consider creating a more modern law to balance out the needs for privacy and security.

FBI Director James Comey appeared before the U.S. Congress wielding an old law, dating back to 1789. He said the “All Writs Law” compels Apple to force open the doors —
not of a building as the law referred to, but of an iPhone 5C, used by Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the two San Bernardino terrorists killed in a shootout.

Encryption provides iPhone users with a high level of privacy and security for personal and corporate information, but it also makes it more difficult for authorities to investigate and prevent terrorist attacks and crimes.

Apple’s General Counsel Bruce Sewell argued that the FBI’s demand on the San Bernadino case would undermine every iPhone user’s privacy and security.

The FBI Director said that if they win the case in court, it will provide a legal precedent for law enforcement to force Apple to crack open its encryption system regularly.

Both Apple and the FBI are in agreement that Congress should now consider creating a more modern law to balance out the needs for privacy and security.


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