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In SF Demonstrators Say Apple Should Not Be Forced to Help FBI Hack iPhone

by R.Robertson
Dozens of people rallied in front of Apple’s flagship store in San Fransisco on February 17. They were there to protest the U.S. government’s unlawful attempt to force the company to help the FBI hack into an iPhone, which would set a dangerous precedent and threaten the safety and security of millions of iPhone users worldwide.
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Dozens of people rallied in front of Apple’s flagship store in San Fransisco on February 17. They were there to protest the U.S. government’s unlawful attempt to force the company to help the FBI hack into an iPhone, which would set a dangerous precedent and threaten the safety and security of millions of iPhone users worldwide.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) helped organize the protest. EFF describes a frightening pattern of abuse in the current situation where the FBI seeks to get information from an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Shahid Buttar of the EFF wrote: "The FBI’s demands reflect a familiar pattern of security agencies leveraging the most seemingly compelling situations—usually the aftermath of terror attacks—to create powers that are later used more widely and eventually abused. The government programs monitoring the telephone system and Internet, for example, were created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Those programs came to undermine the rights of billions of people, doing more damage to our security than the tragic events that prompted their creation."

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