National Security v. Personal Privacy v. Modern Marketing

One of the shooters in the recent San Bernardino mass shooting may have left valuable clues about the crime and his extremest ideology on his iPhone. The information is encrypted and the FBI would like Apple to tell them how to unencrypted (or unlock) the information. Apple has refused, claiming that unlocking one iPhone would endanger the privacy of all iPhones. NPR reports.

Questions...

•Who should own the data on your phone: you, the company that built the phone, or the government? Who else might have data regarding who you call or where you browse?

•What if you walk in to Macy's? Do you leave a digital trail?

•Some have suggested that the FBI demand information on the phone from Apple, which unlocks the phone and gives the FBI the data, but doesn't tell the government how it unlocked the phone. Would that be a reasonable compromise?

•Some have suggested that the FBI simply hack the iPhone. Would you support that action?

•What if China or Russia or France orders Apple to unlock a phone because of threats to their national security. Should Apple unlock the phone for other nations as well?

•Is it OK for Apple to have access to information about you even if you haven't committed a crime?