Apple vs FBI

Cook, in my opinion, stands strong against the FBI since he knows that if he allows this to happen, it’ll make customers lose trust in Apple, thus moving to a different company, “While we believe the FBI’s intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. And ultimately, we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect”(Par. 5). If I were placed into Cook’s shoes at this very moment, I would absolutely be enacting the same statements that he’s getting across. Yes, the government is attempting to do the right thing, but they are doing so in regards to breaking the law of personal privacy. Therefore, Cook’s mental standpoint on this issue is in line with my thoughts since personal privacy should be respected. Cook could not be any more accurate with the way he is representing his company right now. I love the fact that he did not give in and let the government do what they want just because they have the upper hand all the time. If the government happened to get its way then it’d technically be an invasion of pricy. Furthermore, it’d be bad business for Apple since the customers wouldn’t trust the anymore and convert to other phones. On the other hand, if Apple wins this then it could be seen as though Apple is trying to hide evidence from the government. Although I think it’d be a major problem if the government got its way and not the other way around. Going off of the reading about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 12, “ No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks .” Thus, if the government proceeded with this action, then it would violate this Human Right. I think that it’s pretty crazy how our private lives are still being shared out there without our say, “Government agencies are also collecting data from companies whether or not they have search warrants, according to confidential documents leaked to the press by Edward Snowden, a former contractor with the National Security Agency”(Risin. 12). The fact that our information that we provide through certain sites who state that our bio’s don’t get distributed to anyone, but ultimately do sounds slightly mind-blowing. I don’t understand how companies can get away with such actions that completely disregard someone’s personal privacy. In all, I don’t think it’s right if the government does whatever they want because they feel a need to even if it infringes on personal privacy.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/08/25/the-illusion-of-online-privacy