Article: Barret, Devlin, and Danny Yadron. "New Phone Protections Alarm Law Enforcement." Wall Street Journal 23 Sept. 2014: A1,A4. Print.
Privacy has been an issue that has really escalated in the last couple years. Especially since the Edward Snowden and the NSA incident, people are getting more and more worried about keeping their affairs private. People are trusting the government less and less, and tensions could never be higher with how the government has reacted to Ferguson. Companies are jumping on this opportunity to win some PR points with consumers. That is why Google and Apple have come out with these technologies that make it impossible for anyone, including law enforcement, to access information from phones. This, of course, does not include information saved to "the Cloud," including celebrities' risque photos, which always seem to be hacked and leaked onto the internet. This might give people a false sense of security, because it seems everything gets automatically synced with the "Cloud" anyway. This announcement is simply a way to get consumers to trust Apple and Google again, by riding the wave of public opinion about privacy.
That is pretty interesting and I can see why law enforcement would be "alarmed". Though I don't know if I believe their claims entirely, as a consumer I can see the benefit statements of security like that could have on potential customers.
ReplyDeleteDo Apple and Google really not have the ability to hack their own phones? I find this very interesting. Like you said privacy is a huge issue now days. I'm glad to see that these companies are starting to treat our privacy better.
ReplyDelete