“Back Door” encryption battle between Apple and the FBI

two heavyweights and an i-phone. apple is refusing a justice department court order — saying it’s really about much more than one i-phone. 47abc’s colin bradley looks into what this might mean for apple customers. apple versus the f-b-i – and neither side backing down. the fbi does not have the passcode to access the phone which belonged to syeed farook – who along with his wife tafsheen malik — killed fourteen people at a december holiday party in san bernardino california. if the f-b-i gives too many incorrect passcodes — they run the risk of losing all the data. so they now want apple to create a back door to allow them access – but what is a back door? 2.07.17 the ability for a device or a computer to repeatedly guess the password for that device 2.07.25 and apple has made it clear that they do not want to create this back door because even if it’s created for the good intentions of the fbi – it could leave millions of iphone users vulnerable to a hack. 2.08.14 it’s not out of the question for somebody else to get their hands on this technology or even just the exploit that is known 2.08.22 and that’s what led people to protest at an apple store wednesday in california. but some people on delmarva disagree. 2.18.03 privacy is something we’re going to have to be a little more lenient on – i would rather the government have my information to protect me – so that if they need information to go after the bad guys then go do it 2.18.19 butt sot 2.20.22 i see both sides of the story but i think apple should do it for – case by case 2.20.30 but charlie gunzelman says unfortunately it’s not that simple. to grant access to that one phone — apple would need to tear down what took years of building up through software updates. 2.12.58 basically the government is failing or refusing to understand the implications of this 12.13.03 <butt sot 2.13.17 and they’re not listenting to the people that created these systems and put in place these protections to you know for your own protection 2.13.26 > colin bradley – 47abc. apple says they will fight the court order to create the back door. the white house is siding with the f-b-i – citing the unique circumstance of the case. president obama says he is planning a historic