CLUG members are invited to attend.
Please RSVP off...@cuug.ab.ca ** NOT REPLY to this email **
so we get enough pizza.
Best Wishes,
Chris Aziz
CUUG President
CUUG February General Meeting
Topic: Strong Encryption: Good for Society?
Location: Tillyard Conference Centre
715 - 5 Ave. S.W.
Time: Tuesday, February 23, 2016
5:30 p.m. (snacks)
6:00 p.m. (meeting)
In December of 2015, a couple in San Bernardino, California, shot 14 people
to death before being killed themselves by police. Subsequently, authorities
recovered a passcode-locked iPhone which they wish to investigate. Apple has
offered what assistance they can, but the FBI wants more. A U.S. magistrate
judge has how ordered Apple to create the necessary software to allow the FBI
to apply a brute-force attack on the phone with zero delay between attempts
and without triggering the phone's auto-erase function after ten attempts.
Apple is strongly contesting this order. CEO Tim Cook has stated that Apple
does not have this capability currently, and that it is something which would
be "too dangerous to create." It would effectively be creating a backdoor
which could too easily be abused, to the potential detriment of all of Apple's
customers.
Apple's position is being supported by other tech companies. Google, Facebook,
Twitter and others argue that strong encryption is in the public interest.
Politicians, on the other hand, have been advocating for mandatory backdoors
in all encryption products, in the interest of national security.
What's your opinion on this matter? Should Apple and other companies simply
comply with orders like this, or should they fight them? Is society better
off when individuals can be guaranteed privacy, or should governments be
able to override individuals' rights whenever they deem it necessary?
Join us for a round-table discussion, where everyone can air their views.
We look forward to your participation!
Building doors are locked at 18:00, so please try to arrive early.
There is $2 parking after 16:00 across the street in the underground
parkade (McDougall Centre).
Everyone is welcome. Non-members please register by sending e-mail to
off...@cuug.ab.ca
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