Tim Cook once again confirms the hardness of their positions, 51% of Americans surveyed support the FBI
Welcome our dear readers to the pages of the blog iCover ! The intrigue of the decade, as Snowden has already managed to christen it, related to the Apple vs FBI incident continues to grow into some new details. According to Tim Cook, expressed this Wednesday in an interview with ABC : “The requirement of the US Department of Justice for Apple to assist the FBI in hacking the iPhone will harm America.” In his usual way of figuratively formulating a thought, Cook compared the proposal of the authorities to crack the phone with an attempt to spread the “cancer virus in the software industry”.
By the way, almost simultaneously in the New York Times newspaper was published a publication that said that Apple is developing an even more advanced system of protecting personal data that cannot be cracked using the methods that the FBI hopes to use in the event of a victory in the dispute.
As stated earlier by Cook, he intends to continue to challenge the claims of the FBI, while emphasizing that the company has already provided the authorities with all the data relevant to the investigation of the crime. The head of the company acknowledged that the incident is extremely controversial and it will be very difficult to find a middle ground in a dispute with the authorities of Apple.
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“Backdoor is not at all what we want to create,” he noted. - It would be bad for America and set a precedent that, in my opinion, would infringe the rights and interests of many American citizens. I am sure that the safety of society is the safety of our children and families, the protection of their personal data is extremely important. I believe that any bidding on this issue can affect the most vulnerable places of the society. ”
According to Reuters , Cook intends to discuss the essence and possible consequences of the incident personally with US President Obama.
And how does America consider itself?
The results of a public opinion poll conducted by the Pew Research Center from February 18 to February 21 among 1002 adult respondents showed that just over 51% of them are inclined to believe that Apple should go to meet the FBI and assist the agency in unlocking the iPhone. 38% of the total number of respondents took the side of the company and 11% did not form a clear position in connection with the incident.
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Updated statistics based on age, political affiliation, education, etc.
Respondents supporting Apple in a dispute with the court, the White House, and the FBI mostly agree with the opinion of Tim Cook, as reflected in his open letter last week. In particular, the 55-year-old appraiser from Ohio, Steve Clevenger, representing the “defense” side, stated that “... he does not consider it right to give up the right to privacy in exchange for feeling more secure.”
A survey conducted among iPhone owners identified 47% in favor of cooperation with the FBI and 43% against. Among owners of smartphones from other manufacturers, these figures were, respectively, 53% and 38%. If we talk about general statistics among smartphone users (regardless of the model and manufacturer), then 50% agreed with the FBI and 41% agreed with the company.
Anyway, the provided results, like a litmus test, demonstrated the main concerns to the limit of the electrified society, and here, taking into account the actively developed presumption of the global terrorist threat, the question: “Why is that !?”, again, should be addressed to the government. And with the inviolability of confidential information, as it turns out, most Americans believe that it is still possible to wait.
Fragment of an interview with Tim Cook on ABC World News Tonight. Full record
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ABC
Pew research center
New york times
Engadget
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