Apple and the FBI: A Chilling Effect

Written By Alan Wolk

This morning, Tim Cook posted a letter to Apple's homepage refusing the FBI's request to create a version of iOS with security features removed. This note has set off, to quote Edward Snowden, the most important tech case in a decade. This version would have allowed for law enforcement to bypass any security that a user has set up, which would in turn allow them to unlock any phone they physically possessed. The FBI is citing the All Writs Act of the Judiciary Act of 1789, to which Apple has responded that this case of creating a means to de-encrypt a phone would create an unnecessary chilling effect on users.

What follows in the BRaVe POV on this crucially important discussion. As always, if you are not yet following BRaVe on Snapchat, you can do so here: https://t.co/tjTXZZCUXf

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Alan Wolk

Alan Wolk veteran media analyst, former agency executive, and author of "Over The Top. How The Internet Is (Slowly But Surely) Changing The Television Industry" is Co-Founder and Lead Analyst at TVREV where he helps networks, streamers, agencies, brands and ad tech companies navigate the rapidly shifting media landscape. A widely published columnist, speaker and industry thinker, Wolk has built a following of 300K industry professionals on LinkedIn by speaking plainly and intelligently about TV and the media business. He is also the guy who came up with the term “FAST.”

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