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DESCRIPTION:A conversation with Aleecia M. McDonald - Fellow, Stanford Law School’s 
 Center for Internet and Society\n\nApple Corp’s recent vow to fight an 
 FBI demand to break the security encryption on its own products has set up 
 a profoundly important struggle over government’s power to intrude into 
 our lives. As the Washington Post explained it, “The FBI sees this as a 
 privacy vs. security debate, while the tech community sees it as a security 
 vs. surveillance debate.” Our guest for this month’s forum, Aleecia M. 
 McDonald, an expert in online privacy and public policy, says, “It is a 
 fight for the nature of the nation.” She notes the case has significant 
 international implications, as well.\n\n“The U.S. government has asked us 
 for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too 
 dangerous to create. This moment calls for public discussion, and we want 
 our customers and people around the country to understand what is at 
 stake.”\n- Tim Cook, Apple CEO, in a public letter to customers\n\nOn 
 Tuesday, February 16, a US District Court in California, responding to an 
 FBI request, ordered Apple to write an entirely new operating system for 
 its iPhone, one that would give Federal authorities full access to 
 encrypted private information on those phones. Apple is strongly and 
 publicly defying the order.\n\nThe FBI is hoping to unlock the iPhone of 
 one of the San Bernardino mass murderers, a task they have failed to 
 accomplish thus far, due to the strong encryption on the phone. While the 
 FBI insists it will use the court ordered software only on the shooter’s 
 phone, Apple CEO Tim Cook, writing in an open letter to customers, noted 
 that “there is no way to guarantee such control.”\n\nApple’s defiance 
 of this FBI order may very well stand as a watershed moment in the fight 
 over government surveillance. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has 
 already announced it will support Apple by filing an amicus brief with the 
 courts. Posting on Twitter, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden said, “This 
 is the most important tech case in a decade,” and called on Google to 
 publicly support Apple’s principled stand.\n\nYOU are an important part 
 of every Other Voices forum. The forum really is a conversation and that 
 includes you. So come prepared to ask questions or share your 
 opinions.\n\nOther Voices Monthly Forum is held at the Midpen Media Center, 
 where it is recorded for later broadcast on local cable television and 
 streaming on the Internet. Previous forums (and other videos) can be seen 
 at our YouTube Channel or the Video Page at our website.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/02/22/18783208.php
SUMMARY:Other Voices: Apple’s Encryption Battle with the FBI
LOCATION:Midpen Media Center\n900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
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