[kictanet] Apple vs FBI: Personal security, the new Frontier

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the cost of security is your privacy. Same as the cost of information/internet access
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On Thu, 2/18/16, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

 Subject: [kictanet] Apple vs FBI: Personal security, the new Frontier
 To: memakunat at yahoo.com
 Cc: "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
 Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016, 1:01 PM
 
 This has not been discussed here. A
 very interesting development is
 happening in "the land of the free, the home of the brave".
 The FBI, and to
 an extension Uncle Sam has asked Apple to crack the iPhone
 found in the
 scene where San* Bernardino* terrorists committed heinous
 acts. For several
 years, Apple has perfected the security on their products to
 the level
 where the best brains in FBI  cannot crack. Now the
 Feds want Apple to
 build a backdoor that can be used to crack the devices.
 Apple has adamantly
 refused urguing that such a move would put the information
 of all their
 users at the mercy of mischievous individuals. Some quarters
 have also
 urgued that code is speech, and the right on speech is in
 the first
 ammendment.
 
 This is an important development because here in Kenya, the
 government has
 previously passed laws in the disguise of protecting the
 citizens from
 terrorism.
 
 Some analysis:
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/18/preliminary-thoughts-on-the-apple-iphone-order-in-the-san-bernardino-case-part-1/
 
 Sent on the go. Excuse any errors and brevity.
 
 Regards
 
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