Do corporations owe their allegiance to the government, over the people they serve, The interests of privacy and security have often been at odds, especially in an age where sensitive information is stored digitally, and electronic hacking and surveillance are common. The dilemma is this: with access to more information, the government can investigate and prevent crimes of monumental proportions.
On the flip side, such techniques can compromise the privacy (and sometimes safety) of American citizens. The recent legal dispute between Apple and the FBI is a case that exemplifies the ongoing conflict between privacy and security. While on surface this case comes down to a single iPhone, the implications are profound, and may color the future of government-company cooperation (or lack thereof) internationally. Apple's CEO Tim Cook wrote.
On March 28, the FBI withdrew this legal effort after cracking the iPhone in question without Apple's assistance. Corporations including Apple already comply with the US government to provide useful data for federal investigations. Subpoenas and search warrants allow the government entities to access specified data that tech companies have the rights to, like cloud backup records, for example.
In past versions of the iOs, Apple has assisted the FBI in similar cases, but newer iPhones' encryption simply can't be broken without introducing a new (and in Apple's opinion, dangerous) vulnerability to the software. Doing so, Apple argues, could set a precedent to repeat the process in thousands of future investigations and leave all iPhones vulnerable to hackers. The NSA's own surveillance tactics have been a hot topic of debate since ex-contractor Edward Snowden leaked documents on PRISM, a surveillance program that collected internet communications with the cooperation of nine large technology companies.
Companies like Google, Facebook and Apple had their names dragged into the dirt and have been working to re-earn consumer trust ever since. In the case of Apple vs FBI, some have accused Apple of prioritizing their reputation over the fight against terrorism. Indeed, even if a universal backdoor has the potential to help the government (or be abused by it), in the hands of our adversaries it could certainly endanger more citizens than it protects.
Though the iPhone has been cracked, both Apple and the FBI have been judged in the court of public opinion. Apple certainly earned points among others in the technology sector, but the same is not true of a populace swept up in fears of Islamic terror in the wake of ISIS' rise. According to a poll by Pew Research, 51 percent of Americans believe Apple should have cooperated with the FBI and unlock the iPhone.
Internet pioneer and philanthropist Bill Gates agrees that the solution should not be on the terms of one party, but would at best be a cooperation between both government and corporations. That the FBI was able to get around Apple to unlock the iPhone is unsettling, as it means there is a weakness in the company's encryption technology after all. The FBI may very well keep their methodology classified. We can only hope that the chances of villainous hackers hijacking such a tool, or the government abusing it, will remain highly improbable.
Turning off Camera and back on again wipes out the Photostream thus freeing up some space. I would do some further research if I were you but turning Camera off and back on again shouldn't mean you lose anything. It will just mean that photos that were stored in Photostream will disappear (but you will still have them on your phone). Ok well then I can't explain why turning photos off and back on again shrinks the space used massively but it does, I have done it a number of times now.
Well I've deleted all SMS and iMessages from my phone, in attempt to clear out the pictures and media stored in there, but no joy. So I restored it in iTunes to a new install of 7.1, and it's finishing restoring settings etc now, but still no joy. C If you connect the phone to iTunes, does it show a stupidly large 'other' amount of GB in the bar at the bottom,
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