“Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance fired back at Apple CEO Tim Cook Sunday night over the executive’s repeated backlash against a federal push for government access to encrypted text messages and emails,” CBSNewYork reports.
“In an exclusive interview with ’60 Minutes” Charlie Rose, Cook remained firm on his position,” CBSNewYork reports. “‘If the government lays a proper warrant on us today, then we will give the specific information that is requested, because we have to by law. In the case of encrypted information, we don’t have it to give,’ Cook said. ‘I don’t believe the trade-off here is privacy versus national security,’ he added later.”
“In November, Vance teamed up with FBI Director James Comey to unveil legislation that would require companies like Apple and Google to give the government access to encrypted information,” CBSNewYork reports. “The push for federal legislation came to light after the terror attacks on Paris and, more recently, in San Bernardino, California.”
MacDailyNews Take: Three quotes:
• You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. — Rahm Emanuel
• Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. ― Louis D. Brandeis
• Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. — John Perry Barlow
“‘If there’s a way to get in, then somebody will find a way to get in,’ Cook said. ‘There have been people that suggest that we should have a back door. But the reality is, if you put a back door in, that back door’s for everybody,'” CBSNewYork reports. “Vance believes that Cook’s resistance should only mean a swifter call to action. ‘Because Apple is unwilling to help solve this problem, the time for a national, legislative solution is now,’ Vance said.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Adhere to the U.S. Constitution. Yes, even you, Cyrus.
Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say. ― Edward Snowden
SEE ALSO:
Apple CEO Tim Cook opposes government back door to encryption – December 21, 2015
Donald Trump: To stop ISIS recruiting, maybe we should be talking to Bill Gates about ‘closing that Internet up in some way’ – December 21, 2015
Hillary Clinton: We need to put Silicon Valley tech firms to ‘work at disrupting ISIS’ – December 7, 2015
Tim Cook attacks Google, U.S. federal government over right to privacy abuses – June 3, 2015
Apple CEO Tim Cook advocates privacy, says terrorists should be ‘eliminated’ – February 27, 2015
Apple’s iPhone encryption is a godsend, even if government snoops and cops hate it – October 8, 2014
Short-timer U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder blasts Apple for protecting users’ privacy against government overreach – September 30, 2014
FBI blasts Apple for protective users’ privacy by locking government, police out of iPhones and iPads – September 25, 2014
Apple thinks different about privacy – September 23, 2014
Apple CEO Tim Cook ups privacy to new level, takes direct swipe at Google – September 18, 2014
Apple will no longer unlock most iPhones, iPads for government, police – even with search warrants – September 18, 2014
Would you trade privacy for national security? Most Americans wouldn’t – August 6, 2014
Apple begins encrypting iCloud email sent between providers – July 15, 2014
Obama administration demands master encryption keys from firms in order to conduct electronic surveillance against Internet users – July 24, 2013
U.S. NSA seeks to build quantum computer to crack most types of encryption – January 3, 2014
Apple’s iMessage encryption trips up U.S. feds’ surveillance – April 4, 2013
