The FBI’s demands to hack Tashfeen Malik’s iphone are a threatto everyone’s online security

The FBI says they want to see the contents of one mass murderer’s iPhone. They are bringing the case, though, in the hopes that it will set in motion legal and political changes that would further reduce all Americans’ right to privacy against government searches. Bill Herman argues that the potential impact of that precedent, plus the resulting threats to everyone’s online security, means we should all be concerned.