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FBI Tries To Force Google To Unlock User's Android Phone
Trailrunner7 writes "Those multi-gesture passcode locks on Android phones that give users (and their spouses) fits apparently present quite a challenge for the FBI as well. Frustrated by a swipe passcode on the seized phone of an alleged gang leader, FBI officials have requested a search warrant that would force Google to 'provide law enforcement with any and all means of gaining access, including login and password information, password reset, and/or manufacturer default code ("PUK"), in order to obtain the complete contents of the memory of cellular telephone.' The request is part of a case involving an alleged gang leader and human trafficker named Dante Dears in California. Dears served several years in prison for his role in founding a gang in California called PhD, and upon his release he went back to his activities with the gang, according to the FBI's affidavit."
Frankly, I really don't care what the reason is. Sure, prattle on about socio-economic injustice and all that. I don't care. I wasn't even born yet during slavery, Jim Crow, or segregation. It was none of my doing, none of my responsibility; and I will accept none of the blame.
What I do care about, in the here and now, is the safety and security of my family, myself, and my friends. Period. Full stop.
Wow. What an arrogant jerk. The fact that you weren't born does absolves you from any responsibility to what your forefathers did, this is true. It doesn't prevent you from recognizing what happened and try to understand that not all black people are criminals. It's not in their genes, not anymore that practicing slavery is in white people's genes. You know, so that your offspring can develop some ability to do some critical thinking by themselves and outsmart you very quickly. THAT is the legacy you should leave to your kids.
Write boring code, not shiny code!