Saturday, March 5, 2016

UN on Apple’s side against the FBI – Swedish Dagbladet

A court in California has given the FBI the right to force Apple to unlock the mass murderer Syed Farouk mobile phone in the famous San Bernardino case. But if it becomes a reality – Apple CEO Tim Cook says he is prepared to pursue the case to the Supreme Court – it risks creating a dangerous precedent, says Zeid Ra’ad Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

– the authorities run the risk of opening a Pandora’s box that could have extremely damaging consequences for the human rights of millions of people, both in terms of their physical and economic security, says Zeid Ra’ad Hussein.

at the same time to a wide range of iT companies – including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo – behind Apple in the fight against US authorities encrypted technology.

Through various partner organizations they have joined together in formal letters to the court in Kalifornen that gave the FBI the right. As the United Nations warns IT giants for a dangerous precedent if Apple is forced to help the FBI.

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