We’re back at it again with the privacy issues.

The FBI is trying to have Apple create a backdoor for an iPhone that was owned by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino, California massacre on December 2.

Apple is refusing the request due to privacy concerns.

One can argue that this type of demand won’t stop here. The FBI will push another warrant onto another company for something similar in order to gain access to something very important that they are seeking.

People are worried that they will do this to make it easier to gain access to our personal information.

But the bigger issue to me is making the software to create a “backdoor” into the phone.

Apple created their encryption when the iOS 8 came out and it was the first time in awhile a company had done this since the Clinton era. So if they made the encryption, Apple should have some sort of key to gain access to it right?

Well, they don’t. Each phone uses it’s own unique ID number when you use WiFi, text messages etc.

It’s some pretty tough stuff to get through, not to mention each encryption key is completely different on the phones and are 256 bytes long, giving it a number of possibilities it could be to get through this technology.

So even with the backdoor being created, your own personal phone would still be safe for the most part.

The FBI has asked instead for a weakened version of the iOS system so they can gain access to the phone. This version of the iOS would not lock when trying to guess the password on the phone, giving them those unlimited chances to guess the password.

But this is not a solution. Hackers with ill intentions can get their hands on the blueprint to the security of iPhones.

While they would still need your phone’s personal ID numbers for the software to work properly, this could be done through some very good social engineering.

Apple has exceptional security features that require very skilled hackers to break it.

But there’s no way the FBI can keep it safe.

Don’t believe me?

In early Feb the FBI got hacked by a group going by Crackas With Attitude (CWA), a new hacker group based out in Europe.

CWA managed to steal 7,000 files from the FBI, all of them being employees’ personal information.

So if they can’t protect their own employees’ information, how can they secure something as important as this software?

The FBI needs helps getting into the phone and Apple is refusing to help them get through their security.

John McAfee, the CEO of McAfee security,and also Libertarian Candidate for the Presidential Election, has offered to assist the FBI in cracking the iPhones security.

McAfee has claimed that him and a group of his hackers could extract the data from the iPhone within a matter of three weeks.

He announced this last month.

In the time it has taken for the trial to get going, McAfee could have possibly unlocked the phone and gotten the information the FBI is looking for instead of getting nowhere with this trial.

The FBI should not be forcing Apple to give up their biggest secret to them which not only puts the company at risk, but millions of people that use Apple products.

Third parties could get what they want without people’s security being at risk.

To not take McAfee up on his offer just shows the ignorance of the FBI when it comes to cybersecurity.