Question

6. There is a lot of debate worldwide concerning encryption and the right to privacy and security versus the right of law enforcement to be able to access all encrypted material. A prime example is the court case a few years ago between Apple Computers and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in which Apple has appealed a court order that would force it to build a way around the encryption on a suspect's iphone. Border guards can force you turn over passwords etc. for your digital devices or be denied entrance. What are the arguments for and against this access? Should law enforcement agencies always be able to access encrypted personal data. Why or why not?

Answer 1

The issue here was that a suspect was using a apple phone to communicate with his fellows and the suspect was killed in the encounter and the police got his phone and demanded apple to unlock that phone so that the police can have the details of the plan but apple rejected the request because it violated their policy. Here the apple was right as there main focus is to protect the user data not to create a backdoor for the law enforcement which can be used by the hacker. The law enforcement should be allowed to have the personal data because it comes under the right to privacy and everyone has right to have privacy and in order to safeguard their data people buys things that are usually costlier and apple is not a cheap product and people buy it to protect their data. The law enforcement if allowed will end up having apple to build a spy software to keep an eye on the user to encounter any threats and keeping a eye will violates the privacy.