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The Former Boss of the NSA and FBI is Supporting Tim Cook

The mass shooting in San Bernardino become a global news after FBI asked from Apple to help them to hack the shooters smartphone which is an iPhone 5C. And many people around the world divided into two sides about Apple should help or not.

Rachel Kowalski
Rachel KowalskiCybersecurity Analyst
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The Former Boss of the NSA and FBI is Supporting Tim Cook

The mass shooting in San Bernardino become a global news after FBI asked from Apple to help them to hack the shooters smartphone which is an iPhone 5C.

And many people around the world divided into two sides about Apple should help or not. Of course, Tim Cook wants to help or any other people who against FBI’s demand but, this so-called backdoor can cause some problems in the future. Micheal Hayden, who were head of the NSA and CIA, told USA Today; he is against to force the tech companies to create a backdoor for smart devices. Yes, it will make it easier for the authorities to access the information in smart devices but it also give access to the people who can use this weakness for themselves to steal important information data from the users. And, take an advantage of this ” universal weakness”.
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Many think, FBI request of hacking the smartphone may not be helpful because it is highly possible shooter already erased the all important information data because they don’t think, he would guess hacking his iPhone will be that hard. so the underline purpose of FBI is getting access to all smart-devices all around the world.
In conclusion, for many of the people, Tim Cook giving a battle for our privacy and people all around the world including Google and other big corporations supporting him.

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Rachel Kowalski

Rachel Kowalski

Cybersecurity Analyst

Rachel Kowalski is the Cybersecurity Analyst at TrendinTech, where she covers vulnerabilities, ransomware, supply chain attacks, nation-state operations and the security rules shaping organizations in the United States and Europe. Before moving into journalism she worked as a threat intelligence analyst at a security vendor and later reported for CyberScoop and the security desk at Wired, covering the SolarWinds compromise and the ransomware wave that hit hospitals and pipelines. Rachel holds a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from the Georgia Institute of Technology and attends Black Hat and DEF CON in Las Vegas each year, where she follows research from the security community. She writes to make risks and countermeasures understandable to people who are not specialists.

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