Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past? With a little luck, we are. I know that sounds rather pessimistic but in light of the current FBI and Apple battle over encryption security, we are standing at a familiar crossroads. Last time, the U.S. avoided widespread security failure was the ill-proposed Clipper Chip… Read More »
Feds Want Front and Backdoors To Encryption In Every iPhone
When FBI director was first asked if he had any intentions to force Apple to unlock more than the single iPhone 5C in question, he answered “unlikely to be a trailblazer” for setting a precedent for other cases. But a week later when asked before a congressional panel under oath, he said the judgement on this single iPhone would… Read More »
Encryption is Perfect But iPhone Security is Not
I’m not writing this for the benefit of any criminals or would-be terrorists out there. There are many more law abiding citizens that value their 4th amendment and Bill of Rights right to privacy out there than there are spies, terrorists and criminals looking to exploit security flaws. Now that that disclaimer is out of the way,… Read More »
