Apple CEO Tim Cook Opposes Court Order to allow Govt. Acess to it's iOS devices

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Well, Appple has filed an appeal based on the first and fifth amendments. I think that everybody (not just here lol) needs to wait for the upper courts to decide this. I'm sure Apple will comply with whatever ruling is eventually handed out.

To me, this is a landmark case, and will decide personal security issues for many many years to come.

I would think this problem would fall under the 4th. since apple isn't being accused of a crime (as far as I can tell) so the 5th shouldn't be in play. Nor am I sure where the 1st comes into play in this instance.

As I see it, the Federal Gov. is trying to force compliance from apple to cover their mistake of not using the mobile data management tool that should already have been in place, and they are using the "in the interest of national security" excuse to do it. Question is, if they can force Apple to cooperate, what's to stop them from forcing another company or individuals to comply with these type of requests.