Rep Issa Responds to FBI Successfully Opening iPhone in Apple/FBI Dispute

Responding to news that the FBI has successfully opened the iPhone from the Apple/FBI dispute and that it will abandon its bid to obtain a court order mandating that Apple unlock the iPhone, Rep Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement:

“This lawsuit may be over, but the Constitutional and privacy questions it raised are not,” said Rep Issa. “Those worried about our privacy should stay wary — just because the government was able to get into this one phone does not mean that their quest for a secret key into our devices is over. That the government was able to gain access to the phone without Apple’s help is certainly preferable to issuing a wide-reaching court decision that would grant the government backdoor access into every American’s phone and other devices, but the fundamental question over how we, as citizens, expect our government to be able to access — or not access — our personal information still remains. There most certainly will be other cases and, as we debate these issues as a nation, we must remain critical of government attempts to take advantage of sensitive situations to amass greater government power and control which are almost always at the expense of our personal freedom and privacy.”