As the number of iPhone users has skyrocketed since the smartphone was introduced in 2007, one concern has been security. Experts have issued warnings that the iPhone is not secure simply because forensic experts have had the ability to access information on it. This led some people to suggest that lawyers should not use the iPhone. That’s absurd; it’s like saying that forensic experts know how to access data on a laptop computer running Windows, therefore it’s unsafe for any lawyer to use a laptop running Windows.
It’s a given that if a skilled professional thief with ill motives gained access to any smartphone or any computer (or for that matter, gained entry to my law office), confidential information could be compromised. But this doesn’t mean lawyers should stop using smartphones or computers, or that lawyers should stop writing things down on legal pads that might be stolen one day. Nor does it mean that lawyers should advise their clients to do the same.
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