I’m an ex-sheriff, I’ve been in and out of security jobs for much of my life, so I’ve got some familiarity with the issues underlying the drama between the FBI and Apple. Law enforcement officials would like an easier way to do their jobs. Wouldn’t we all? If they could put cameras in every home and business on the planet, they’d find a way to do it. That would solve a lot of the tactical challenges of being able to catch people who commit crimes. What gets missed is that strategically, it also would open the door to far more crimes.
Actually, X-rays don't seem to cause cancer, see https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160203134456.htm
Ineresting paper, but it represents an opinion suggesting conventional knowledge is out of date. The American Cancer Society still takes the other view and, when it comes to cancer, think we likely need to be conservative on this. Being wrong would be deadly. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/radiationexposureandcancer/xraysgammaraysandcancerrisk/x-rays-gamma-rays-and-cancer-risk-do-xrays-and-gamma-rays-cause-cancer
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The FBI’s iPhone Problem: Tactical vs. Strategic Thinking
Posted by: Rob Enderle February 22, 2016 05:00 AMI’m an ex-sheriff, I’ve been in and out of security jobs for much of my life, so I’ve got some familiarity with the issues underlying the drama between the FBI and Apple. Law enforcement officials would like an easier way to do their jobs. Wouldn’t we all? If they could put cameras in every home and business on the planet, they’d find a way to do it. That would solve a lot of the tactical challenges of being able to catch people who commit crimes. What gets missed is that strategically, it also would open the door to far more crimes.