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House Committee Steps In To Clear Apple vs. FBI Feud

The past few months have seen certain developments in the San Bernardino shooting case. After the FBI involved Apple in order to unlock the iPhone used by the shooter, there has been a lot issues cropping up. As per Apple, the request is devastating, as it will provide the government with the tool using which they can tap into any personal iPhone of any individual.

House Committee Steps In To Clear Apple vs. FBI Feud

This will create a lot of problems regarding the privacy of all Apple iPhone users and thus, Apple is fiercely fighting against the court order. On the other hand, the director of the FBI, James Comey has a long history of trying to create backdoors for technological communication. According to him, if someone has the facility of hiding crucial information, they may indulge in criminal activity without anyone really knowing about it.

The debate has been long and brutal and is actually involving the mass. To actually put an end to this, and get a final decision out of the two bodies, the White House committee has called a meeting between two of the top individuals in their respective fields, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple and James Comey, the Director of FBI.

The shooter of the case was in possession of an iPhone 5c, which has the same security system of all iPhones. The system allows only 10 entries of wrong passwords before wiping off the entire data inside the device. The FBI really wants to bypass this and has requested Apple to create some program which will allow FBI investigators to insert as many passwords they need to unlock the iPhone, but also without clearing the data. Though Apple feels that for one iPhone, this may be fine, but the program will be compatible for all iPhones and Apple cannot put their clients at a security risk knowingly.

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