The husband of one of the survivors from the San Bernardino shooting incident backed Apple in its opposition to the FBI’s decision to encrypt the iPhone belonging to one of the shooters in the attack that took place in December, The Guardian reported.
Salihin Kondoker, whose wife Anies Kondoker was shot three times, said his decision to back the company was primarily due to the fact that it was “unlikely that there is any valuable information on this phone”.
In a letter obtained by Buzzfeed he wrote:
This was a work phone. My wife also had an iPhone issued by the County and she did not use it for any personal communication. Why then would someone store vital contacts related to an attack on a phone they knew the county had access to? They destroyed their personal phones after the attack. And I believe they did that for a reason. When I first learned Apple was opposing the order I was frustrated that it would be yet another roadblock. But as I read more about their case, I have come to understand their fight is for something much bigger than one phone.Salihin Kondoker, Husband of a survivor
His opinion contrasted with that of several others who filed a legal brief in support of the US government’s attempt to force Apple to unlock the encrypted iPhone.
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