Describe the events in San Bernardino, California led to this controversy.

Objective: Device encryption helps protect individual privacy but has been a source of controversy in the wake of the San Bernardino, California terrorist attack. Review the text content on this issue (p. 524) and the following Wired article Backdoor to the iPhone
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. Based on what you have learned, answer the following questions:
Describe the events in San Bernardino, California led to this controversy. (1 pt)
What did the government ask Apple to do? (1 pt)
Why was the governments request controversial? (1 pt)
Did Apple comply with the governments request? (1 pt)
In your opinion, should Apply comply with the governments request (why or why not)? (2 pts)
This assignment aligns with Module 8 Objective 2.
B. will type three thoughts the had during the lecture. Regarding the former, the instructor will provide students with a copy of the lecture PowerPoints to encourage comprehension and limit verbatim writing. Power-Points will be available in two PDF formats. The first will have one slide per page. The second will have three slides per page and a space for the student to take notes during the lecture.
In addition to the lecture PowerPoints, students will type three thoughts the have during the prepared lecture. Thoughts (worth one point each) should be specific to the content being discussed in each lecture. The purpose of this assignment is to encourage active writing and thinking during prepared lectures. In doing so, students often take the somewhat abstract concepts found in the lectures and connect them to prior experiences or existing knowledge.
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