# Should Apple help the government hack into encrypted devices?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-apple-help-the-government-hack-into-encrypted-devices/746333>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 17, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-apple-help-the-government-hack-into-encrypted-devices/746333 "2016-02-17T13:20:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-apple-help-the-government-hack-into-encrypted-devices/746333/206 "2016-02-18T03:17:43Z")

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**Smapti** : Because I feel it’s a fruitful topic for another thread devoted specifically to it, I’d like to ask you this question:

Is the following statement a fair summation of your beliefs as described in this thread: “There is no reason for the average law abiding citizen to be concerned if the federal government has free access to any and all personal information, either his/her own or anybody else’s”?

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