“French parliamentary deputies, defying government wishes, have voted in favour of penalising smartphone makers which fail to cooperate in terrorism inquiries, entering a controversy that has pitted the FBI against Apple in the United States,” Agence France-Presse reports.
“The move came in the form of an amendment to a penal reform bill that was receiving its first reading in parliament,” AFP reports. “The wider bill foresees the end in May of the state of emergency that has been in place in France since deadly jihadist attacks in Paris last November.”
“Given the government’s reluctance to take on the big phone companies in this way,” AFP reports, “it remains to be seen whether the thrust of the amendment can survive the lengthy parliamentary process that remains before the bill becomes law.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Tellement stupide!
Benjamin Franklin loved the French people, and the French people adored Franklin in return.
The should listen to him today:
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
SEE ALSO:
Proposed law would allow France to fine Apple €1 million unless it hacks iPhones – February 29, 2016
Apple CEO Tim Cook can probably defy the US government all he wants and not go to jail – February 29, 2016
Apple CEO Cook picks up where Snowden left off in privacy debate – February 29, 2016
Obama administration set to expand sharing of data that N.S.A. intercepts – February 28, 2016
If Apple loses, your home could be the next thing that’s unlocked: Access to your security cameras would be just a judge order away – February 28, 2016
The Apple vs. FBI fight is about something more basic than software and laws – February 28, 2016
Apple privacy battle with Washington looms as watershed moment – February 26, 2016
Apple’s lawyer: If we lose, it will lead to a ‘police state’ – February 26, 2016
Apple: The law already exists that protects us from U.S. government demands to hack iPhone – February 26, 2016
The cheese-eating surrender monkeys certainly are predictable.
The only thing that kept the Brits from surrendering was geography. If they were landlocked, they would have fallen within a week after the French.
“If” doesn’t mean squat.
silver hawks momma says we’d not have had to suffer silver hawks blather if only she had used protection.
Let us not forget; the French had among the highest losses in WWII, not just among civilian population, but in combat as well. In proportion to the population, their losses were higher than majority of countries of the world. While a few people in the government calculated that population might be saved from slaughter if the country surrendered peacefully to Hitler, the actual French people ended up supporting the Résistence, which was instrumental in providing intelligence and support to the allies.
Arg. Apparently, stupidity IS contagious.
, you your fries and the horse you rode in on imbeciles
“The controversial amendment, drafted by the rightwing opposition, stipulates that a private company which refuses to hand over encrypted data to an investigating authority would face up to five years in jail and a €350,000 (£270,000) fine.”
No jail in the world is big enough for Apple, except the world it lives in.
mr. president, how bout you move to France for more fanfare for your blunderous charges?
Apple has no problem with handing over “the encrypted data”. Then it’s up to the government agency to figure out how to decrypt it. This is exactly the case with the iCloud backups of the iPhone the FBI is pushing. The FBI had the password changed so Apple can only hand over the encrypted backup and can’t decrypt it without the new password.
Apple refuses to create specific software to foil the security chain. If the wording of the law is as stated (must hand over encrypted data) then Apple will have absolutely no problems with it.
… and the French wonder why the UK want out of Europe!!
Not quite! The UK wants to enact even worse big brother powers than France.
Remember to also penalize the people who secure the government equipment (which the San Bernardino phone was).
Look, it comes from the conservatives!!
Now with 30% less intellect.
Liberté, franternité, espesce d’idiotes. C’est vrai.
This will not pass. It will be a lengthy process and by the time it will resurface, hopefully Apple will have won in the US and France fascist will sink once again.
Wait, isn’t this the country that gave us the Statue of Liberty?
Apparently they didn’t need it.
Oh love the quote: “The FBI has argued that by introducing encryption which can lock data, making it only accessible to the user, Apple and others are essentially creating “warrant-proof zones” for criminals and others that will cripple law enforcement and jeopardise public safety.”
Yup, that “warrant-proof zone” is called privacy. It’s usually in the human mind but you can decrypt most of that thanks to your Guantanamo on the Bay resort but now there is a new and better improved privacy. Get used to it.
The FBI seems to think they have an absolute right to search everything. They don’t. They’re specifically denied this right, unless it’s warranted and controlled by a 3rd party.
You are wrong. Read the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution again:
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,[a] against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
In other words, with a warrant, supported by probable cause, the authorities can search anything belonging to the suspect. “papers” or “effects” means data too.
Apple’s iCloud agreement and past behavior tells the user that authorities and Apple can access your data. Apple has complied with legal warrants many times in the past. This is the first time Apple has refused, and it will be decided in court soon. I suspect that iCloud data will be fair game for the FBI, because that’s how Apple’s user agreement reads today.
Back to Freedom Fries? I’m with Tim.
Now trump needs to erect a wall to keep the French out. Can he get them to pay for it?
The French Parliamentary deputies should all be given free Amazon Fire tablets for all their personal, private, financial, medical, and credit card data. 🖖😀⌚️
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