The most pressing argument from the ones I heard of this gallery walk is Vince's about a mass murderer's iPhone, Apple, and the FBI. The murderer's smartphone was found by the FBI who forced Apple to help in an investigation. They wanted Apple to make new software to extract data from the phone. Apple refused but the FBI hacked the phone anyway. Even today questions are asked about wether Apple should've cooperated or not and if they did, how would this affect other smart device users.
With Apple making the requested software, governments could spy on you and your phone. This could help defeat ISIS by looking for anything suspicious in people's iPhones. The problem is that people will suffer a major privacy loss. This would be unlawful in the U.S. because our phones will be searched without warrants. Overall, it would've been wrong if Apple made software for this to happen.
People who say that Apple should've worked with the FBI look back to Pearl Harbor. Franklin Roosevelt worked with vehicle manufacturers to make different vehicles. Companies such as General Motors and Ford went from making cars to aircraft. This example of third parties working with the U.S. is used as evidence for why Apple should've helped the FBI.
This would affect me and other smartphone users because governments would have more acces to our phones and data. They could also see personal information which will make people feel insecure. In the U.S. this could be unconstitutional because the government could be searching through our phones without warrants. Even if other countries don't have the boundary of needing a warrant, people's phones will be open to governments. Privacy is a need for some people and taking that away could be scary.
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