Reflections on the FBI's Attempt to Dragoon Apple Into Subverting iPhone Security
By Jennifer Granick on February 24, 2016 at 11:37 am
On Monday, I wrote a post for Just Security where I reflected on last week's news concerning the FBI's attempts to coerce Apple into creating a forensic bypass to the iPhone passcode lockout. I wrote that we live in a software-defined world. In 2000, Lawrence Lessig wrote that Code is Law — the software and hardware that comprise cyberspace are powerful regulators that can either protect or threaten liberty. A few years ago, Mark Andreessen wrote that software was eating the world, pointing to a trend that is hockey sticking today. Software is redefining everything, even national defense. Read more about Reflections on the FBI's Attempt to Dragoon Apple Into Subverting iPhone Security