Apple Encryption Engineers, if Ordered to Unlock iPhone, Might Resist

[IDemo]

SAN FRANCISCO — If the F.B.I. wins its court fight to force Apple’s help in unlocking an iPhone, the agency may run into yet another roadblock: Apple’s engineers.

Apple employees are already discussing what they will do if ordered to help law enforcement authorities. Some say they may balk at the work, while others may even quit their high-paying jobs rather than undermine the security of the software they have already created, according to more than a half-dozen current and former Apple employees.

Among those interviewed were Apple engineers who are involved in the development of mobile products and security, as well as former security engineers and executives.

The potential resistance adds a wrinkle to a very public fight between Apple, the world’s most valuable company, and the authorities over access to an iPhone used by one of the attackers in the December mass killing in San Bernardino, Calif.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/technology/apple-encryption-engineers-if-ordered-to-unlock-iphone-might-resist.html?_r=0

[BillZBubb]

1. They'll find people who will do it.

Plenty of engineers back an intrusive, unlimited national security state. It's for our "protection" after all.

[Stinky The Clown]

2. There's no doubt there are lots of people willing to try.

But they're going after Apple . . . . why? Maybe because only Apple's people know enough about the software to build that back door.