“The husband of a victim of the San Bernardino terror attack has backed Apple in its fight over the security of its iPhones,” Charles Riley reports for CNN. “Salihin Kondoker’s wife Anies was shot three times during the attack, but survived. While she recovers, he’s advocating on Apple’s behalf as the company resists a court order directing it to break into the iPhone owned by Syed Farook, one of the San Bernardino shooters.”
“In a letter addressed to Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym, Kondoker wrote that he was initially ‘frustrated’ to hear that Apple opposed the court’s order, but came to share the company’s fears after he learned more about its position,” Riley reports. “‘I believe privacy is important and Apple should stay firm in their decision,’ Kondoker wrote. ‘Neither I, nor my wife, want to raise our children in a world where privacy is the tradeoff for security.'”
“In his letter, Kondoker questioned whether any meaningful information is even stored on the device. The iPhone in question was not Farook’s personal smartphone — it was a work phone provided by San Bernardino County, his employer, and therefore an unlikely place to store sensitive data,” Riley reports. “‘Why … would someone store vital contacts related to an attack on a phone they knew the county had access to?’ Kondoker asked. ‘My wife also had an iPhone issued by the County and she did not use it for any personal communication.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: As we wrote last month: “If the feds ever do get into that iPhone, we hope they enjoy nothing but hundreds of photos of high school cafeteria trays.”
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
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