Privacy Please

To some a cellphone is just an efficient device that can be supplemental for communication in one's everyday life, for others a cellphone can be a lot more than a networking tool. In today's society many people would agree that their phones are for their personal use only and can contain very exclusive and personal information. There was an article by David Lazarus that had an unbiased opinion showing many valid examples of why and why not apple should unlock a phone that could potentially help the government gain knowledge about a terrorist group. The Government and FBI have consistently been harassing companies over the years by controlling their moves and practically shaping their actions.

David's article concludes with him siding with the government, which in my opinion is nor right or wrong. I am firm supporter of privacy protection but, I do believe American lives should be protected in any circumstance, with that being said I believe the government should have the power to go to ANY extent to do so. Could you imagine if another tragic attack was targeted at America by terrorists   and many american lives were compromised by the attack only to later find out information about the attack was encrypted on the phone. More often than not I would side with privacy protection but in a circumstance that could potentially put american lives at danger I am all for interrupting privacy to better our safety. Hack the phone apple, American safety begs you to.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20160223-column.html

Hillary's Secret Files

I recently read an article from the NYtimes titled "More Hillary Clinton emails released, including 3 now "secret"" and it sincerely grabbed my attention. The article was about a batch of Hillary Clintons emails be released by the State Department, with some of the emails being "Secret" it brought some concerns to the public. There were 81 other emails classified as "confidential" these emails included a chain of messages forwarding an article from The Telegraph, a newspaper in Britain, detailing remarks from John Sawers, then the chief of that country’s intelligence service, MI6, about efforts to foil Iran’s nuclear weapons program. "Most unfortunate on many levels to say the least,” the State Department’s chief negotiator on Iran’s program, Wendy R. Sherman, wrote in remarks that were not redacted. Mrs. Clinton replied to the last forward, “Gobsmacking!” The state department has been consistently releasing this information under the Freedom of Information Act. The public has been stressing about these classified emails due to the fact that they are so uninformed and worried about what the emails could contain. I personally do not feel comfortable voting for someone that is hiding such classified information from the public.


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/us/politics/more-hillary-clinton-emails-released-including-3-now-secret.html?ref=politics&_r=0