>>>>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
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>>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.
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>>So what?
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>>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.
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>But if someone can crack the security of your phone, they can not only read what you have there, but put things there. And once such a program exists, seems pretty likely that it won't be only the US gov't that has it, but foreign governments and criminals.
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>I'll also point out that while you and I may not do so, an awful lot of young people use their phone to transact most of their financial business. I don't know about you, but I'm not sharing my ATM code or the key to my safe deposit box with the rest of the world.
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>Tamar

>I'll also point out that while you and I may not do so, an awful lot of young people use their phone to transact most of their financial business. I don't know about you, but I'm not sharing my ATM code or the key to my safe deposit


True, the people who need to know my ATM code know it already. Anyone else can't possibly be up to any good.
I don't put that anywhere digitally.

With regard to financial transactions being done on phones. I work with people at several of the largest bank back office processors in the world from time to time. Without revealing anything sensitive they've told me that those transactions are under attack 24/7 by the most sophisticated hackers in the world.
They didn't say, but it wouldn't be a big surprise to learn that some succeeded.