James Comey argues agency won’t ‘set a master key loose’
Protesters worldwide plan to blast the FBI for trying to break into a terror suspect’s iPhone, and the general public looks like it’s mostly on Apple’s side in this fight.
Meanwhile, the FBI’s director says everyone should essentially chill out.“We simply want the chance, with a search warrant, to try to guess the terrorist’s passcode without the phone essentially self-destructing and without it taking a decade to guess correctly. That’s it,” said James Comey in a letter released Sunday.
Apple's New Lawyer Calls iPhone-Unlock Order a ‘Pandora's Box’
FBI vs. Apple: Doesn't the NSA Already Have a Way In?
- Olson says `hundreds of courts' would issue similar edicts
- Foreign governments could use precedent to invade privacy
Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, a partner with the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, said on ABC’s “This Week” program that the order would open a “Pandora’s box” of privacy issues.
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