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Google CEO Finally Chimes In On FBI Encryption Case, Says He Agrees With Apple (gizmodo.com)
An anonymous reader writes: After Tim Cook's eloquent letter explaining why Apple wouldn't help the FBI get encrypted data from the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone, the internet looked to Google to take a similar stand. Now Google CEO Sundar Pichai has posted five tweets that seem to show he agrees with Cook.
Edward Snowden had previously suggested that Google's silence meant Google had "picked a side, but it's not the public's."
Edward Snowden had previously suggested that Google's silence meant Google had "picked a side, but it's not the public's."
There is a constitution for a reason, and the reason is the minority needs strong protection from the majority.
The Constitution was written in a time when you needed a majority to be a threat. Now with technology any band of a few like-minded individuals can cause just as much damage.
If we look through history, there are three documents stand out as pivotal in human development. The Bible, the Magna Carta, and the US Constitution. All contributed immensely (and are still useful), but we are approaching a time when document number 4 is going to be needed to cover all the new dynamics of technologically advanced society.