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2. Play the news report and try to fill in the blanks.
3. Answer the comprehension questions by writing full sentences.
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dateline: 02 March 2016
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Apple Battles FBI Over Privacy
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- FBI: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (US)
- Capitol Hill: the location where federal laws are made in the US
- comply: to obey
- congressional hearing: a meeting with Congress to collect information in order to make laws
- encryption: the encoding of data
- decryption: the conversion of coded information into its original form
- warrant: the legal authorization to search
- rival: one who is in direct competition
- stand behind: to provide support or agreement
- set a precedent: to be used as a guideline for similar cases in the future
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Apple Battles FBI Over Privacy
Comprehension Questions
- What does the FBI want Apple to do?
- Why doesn’t Apple want to comply with the federal court order?
- Why does the report mention Microsoft?
Discussion Questions: Should government agencies be able to force tech companies to overwrite features that were designed for user security? If Apple complies this time, will it set a precedent?
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Apple Battles FBI Over Privacy
A legal battle between Apple and the FBI continued on Capitol Hill this week. Apple has refused to comply with a federal judge who ordered the company to help the FBI unlock the iPhone of one of a terrorist. At the congressional hearing, the parties debated modern privacy issues, including encryption and user security. The FBI feels that no company should be able to create a warrant-free space. Apple feels that the government should not be allowed to order a company to provide decryption services. Rival tech giants, including Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter are all standing behind Apple.
- The FBI wants Apple to write special code to overwrite its security features to unlock the iPhone of a terrorist.
- Apple doesn’t want to comply with the federal judge because it doesn’t think the government should be allowed to order a company to provide decryption services.
- The report mentions Microsoft as a tech company that is supporting Apple despite being a business rival.
Written and recorded by Tara Benwell for EnglishClub
Tara Benwell is a Canadian freelance writer and editor who specializes in materials and articles for the ELT industry.
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