Essay On Mass Shooting

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This year, a dramatic event that unfolded. In early December, there was a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California. There was a mass shooting. The FBI wanted to get into the Apple iPhone which was password protected, and the iCloud was turned off. The FBI requested that Apple give them the proper necessities to get into the cell phone. Apple had a different view. They said by giving up that information they were risking their customers’ safety. This caused quite the stir, making national news. The FBI could make its own device to unlock the iPhone. Apple is needed in this case because the iPhone that was used is password protected. The FBI and Apple had a difference in opinions when it came to the privacy of criminals.The FBI wanted the device that can decrypt the cell phone and let them check the information they need to check. The federal court even sent a court order for Apple to help the FBI. The FBI wants to examine the iPhone to see if it was involved in the planning of the mass shooting. To see if they could get some physical proof. The user was Syed Farook, who was another suspect involved in the shooting. Apple is …show more content…

Granting the FBI access sets a meaningful precedent (Lee). “This is a specific case where the government is asking for access to information. they are not asking for some general thing, they are asking for a particular case” ( BOYD). FBI could go to the extreme if necessary of asking Verizon, Farook’s cellular carrier, to give them the information on the phone. The father of one of the victims was involved. He did not want FBI going into their phones. The FBI needs to get in the phone because Farrok disabled ICloud backup. This was 6 weeks before the attack. By being able to get in the phone the FBI can put pieces together. Communications that were happening during the time possibly linking the shooting to them. Locations that will match or at least help them map the movements of Farrok and his

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