Terrorism: Unlock the iphone when it is terrorism

“Drone strikes have been sold to the American public on the claim that they’re ‘precise’. But they are only as precise as the intelligence that feeds them. There is nothing precise about intelligence that results in the deaths of 28 unknown people, including women and children, for every ‘bad guy’ the US goes after,” said Reprieve’s Jennifer Gibson, who spearheaded the group’s study.

But no. If you're in government, YOU don't do the work - especially if it involves thinking ahead, or just thinking - you use force and coercion...

But treason is the law of the land now.

Terrorists don't use iPhones.

You've been 0wned .......

Some victims of the San Bernardino attack will file a legal brief in support of the U.S. government's attempt to force Apple Inc to unlock the encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the shooters, a lawyer representing the victims said on Sunday.

Stephen Larson, a former federal judge who is now in private practice, told Reuters that the victims he represents have an interest in the information which goes beyond the Justice Department's criminal investigation.

"They were targeted by terrorists, and they need to know why, how this could happen," Larson said.

If those shooters had a safety deposit box and the bank refused to attempt to open the box, claiming that opening the box would cause them to lose their customers trust, or more outrageously, that opening the box would encourage thieves to break into their bank, would you all feel the same way?

If Apple's encryption is genuinely impossible or unduly difficult to break, they should be proud to say that. Otherwise, I can't see how they can simply refuse to help

Yes I'd feel the same way. I'm not going to give up my privacy for something that may or may not help in a single terrorism case. And terrorism in general has less of a chance of killing you than being hit by lightning. If you really want to reduce risk lets make the speed limit 45 mph nationwide. That would save about 20,000 Americans per year. Way more than have ever been killed by terrorists. Sound good?

Just noting how many people have been killed by terrorists in the past doesn't necessarily give meaningful information as to what may happen in the future.