Cybercrime by Mike Sciandra

Author:Mike Sciandra
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC

The NSA is involved in nearly all aspects of the cybersecurity of the United States and its citizens, and the agency has both supporters and critics.

Using a program called Echelon, federal officials in the United States, Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand also take advantage of the international nature of the Internet and monitor e-mails, telephone conversations, faxes, and other communications transmitted through global satellites. Echelon is mostly supervised by the National Security Agency, and it has been the subject of criticism from other nations who claim it violates people’s rights and can be used for corporate espionage, such as stealing trade secrets. Despite occasional resistance, the Echelon program still operates to protect the security of hundreds of millions of citizens.

Software Crisis

Some of the other issues of debate when investigators and other authorities seek help from outside experts are the ethics of federal authority and how much power it should have. In 2015, after Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik (known as the San Bernardino killers) massacred 14 people in California, the FBI sought help from Apple to decrypt Farook’s cell phone in an effort to find out more about potential connections to radical terrorist groups and bring any additional suspects in for investigation. Upon being requested to help decrypt the phone or to construct software for the FBI to do it, Apple’s representatives, along with experts from Facebook and other Silicon Valley companies, were reluctant to help due to issues of privacy. They widely considered it unethical for the government to be able to spy on users.

A federal court ruling, made by U.S. Magistrate Sheri Pym, directed Apple to provide software to unlock the phone. The company refused and appealed to defend the privacy of its users as well as its own interests. The CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, wrote

Smartphones, led by iPhone, have become an essential part of our lives. People use them to store an incredible amount of personal information, from our private conversations to our photos, our music, our notes, our calendars and contacts, our financial information and health data …

All that information needs to be protected from hackers and criminals who want to access it, steal it, and use it without our knowledge or permission. Customers expect Apple and other technology companies to do everything in our power to protect their personal information, and at Apple we are deeply committed to safeguarding their data.24

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