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Read “Building a Backdoor to the IPhone” attached below. DESCRIBEWhat ethical dilemmas did Tim Cook face in this case?EVALUATE In the case, Apple decided not to provide the government with a one-time use backdoor to a suspected terrorist’s iPhone. Do you agree with Cook’s decision? Why or why not? . ARTICULATE LEARNINGLet’s examine privacy in the digital v. physical realms. In the provided case, the FBI was able to hack into the iPhone, without Apple’s help, to retrieve the desired data. Do you believe this was an appropriate course of action, given that the FBI did not know whether or not the information contained on the phone was relevant to their case?What if the data was not in digital form, but instead it was written down in books. Instead of the data being stored on a phone, the books were locked in a room. The only way to access the data, would be to bust down the door. Do you think it would be appropriate for the FBI to bust down the door, again, not knowing whether or not the information contained in the room was relevant to their case?Is there a different standard of privacy in the digital v. physical realms? What’s the difference?
