>>http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/22/apple-seems-to-be-losing-pr-battle-over-unlocking-iphone.html
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>>This seems to be a no-brainer to me.
>>Apple should unlock the phone, give the information to the FBI, and not tell anyone how they did it.
>>What harm would that do?
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>Without reading all the replies, I'll answer quickly. Apple is not being asked to unlock this one phone. They're being asked to write a program that will unlock any iPhone, that is, to break the security system that they've designed and sold to their customers. Do you really believe that once such a program exists, it won't be used again?
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>Tamar

OK , let's stipulate that what you say is the case.
And I agree that it's probable, if not certain, that that program will be used again.

So what?

I know what I'm about to say sounds naive (my kids love to tell me that) but in my experience, hidden facts have caused more mischief than revealed facts.

This obsession with "privacy" is a contemporary mania that probably can be traced back to some of the crazy things J Edgar Hoover and Nixon's crowd did.
Nevertheless, it's a whacky mania.

More facts lead people to better decisions, not the reverse.
That's the philosophical underpinning of the rational movement.

I support the justifiable hullabaloo about how the government classifies many documents that really should be in the public domain.
When in doubt, the facts should come out.