26 Feb
2016
26 Feb
'16
7:15 p.m.
At 11:13 AM 2/26/2016, Henry Baker wrote:
If this interpretation of the All Writs Act is upheld, then the DOJ will have to consult with the intelligence community prior to compelling companies like Apple to decrypt phones. It would be quite interesting for DOJ to publicly stipulate that NSA could (or could not) break into iOS 8 or 9. This is truly a sticky wicket, since the intelligence community is generally prohibited from working on domestic issues.
We asked for an opinion of Michael Froomkin, Law Professor at University of Miami, on Henry Baker's comments: https://cryptome.org/2016/02/can-spies-break-apple-crypto.htm