Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/technology/apple-and-fbi-face-off-before-house-judiciary-committee.html
The NY Times just reported that the entire reason for this standoff between Apple and the FBI is because a mistake was made in the 24 hours after the attack. Specifically, an FBI agent thought that if he reset the iCloud password, they would be apple to access the content on the phone. Of course this locked the iPhone and triggered the encryption.
This news article reminds me of something that I learned in an MIS elective that I am taking concurrently. What I learned is that almost all PII (Personally Identifiable Information) that is compromised by federal employees is caused by internal user error.
As technology continues to take over aspects of our lives and essentially improve our standard of living, we realize that there is an increased risk of our information being stolen. I agree that we are at a greater risk, but I think that it is unfair to blame technology. The reason I feel that we are at more risk is only because there are more PIIs for us to protect.
I would actually like a link to the article that you learned in the MIS elective. Can you provide it? Either that or elaborate what you mean by "almost all PII" is compromised.
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