Connecticut’s lawyers and citizens should be concerned about the recent battle between Apple and the Department of Justice during which the DOJ tried to force Apple to develop a method to break its own encryption system. The impetus was the desire to access data in an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists, which authorities thought might be helpful in the FBI investigation into the attack. While DOJ has at least temporarily sidestepped the confrontation be enlisting a third party to help hack Apple’s system protection, the concerns raised by this controversy remain.
What’s next? What Connecticut resident or corporation will be faced with DOJ coercion to perform affirmative acts contrary to their own self-interest?
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