For years, there has been debate on if the government should be able to see what you are doing on your phone all day. Bringing this debate to light, Apple decided to fight the order issued to them to unlock the gunman’s iPhone from the San Bernardino shooting. There has also been talk on if the government should be allowed to hack into people’s phones, even if it is just for safety reasons.

“It is a violation of privacy,” junior Jillian Foote said. “Maybe for safety reasons, but as an everyday thing, no way.”

Foote believes that the government should have limited access to private devices. Sophomore Amy Vazquez agrees.

“That’s creepy,” Vazquez said. “There’s other safety precautions that the government can take besides hacking into our phones.”

According to the New York Times, “This is not the first time a technology company has been ordered to effectively decrypt its own product. But industry experts say it is the most significant because of Apple’s global profile.”

As technology becomes bigger and bigger in everyday life, it is becomes more of a weapon in crime, and this calls for controversial issues the government has yet to address.