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Autumn M. Duncan
Professor Owens
CSIT 101
September 20, 2014
Information Literacy
Lets imagine that saying something cruel to another human being was punishable by
law; lets also say you broke that law via text message. This crime is reported and the police then
have the authority to search your phone for the evidence, or so they used to be able to, with the
apples old ios 7. Apples new update has new encryption that no longer allows the company to
bypass a customers passcode to access date. However, with every great thing in life comes a
catch. This protection from law enforcement disappears if anything on your phone is in one way
or another synced to iCloud or backed up to another device, such as a PC.
When conducting this search, I chose to use Google, Bing, and Yahoo, to find articles
related on the subject matter. All search engines brought up the same amount of results, however,
out of all of the searches Yahoo was the only one of which actually listed results from Apples
actual website. Also, Google seemed to brought up more results from personal blogs than from
actual trusted sources. The keywords I used in this search were ios 8 security and ios 8
security from law enforcement.
My source entitled Tim Cook Lays Out Apples Security Policies as ios 8 Arrives was
written on September 17, 2014 by Richard Lawler. Richard Lawler is a senior HD editor on
egadget.com. hes well known for his knowledge on the HD gaming era. I believe that this may
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make him familiar with the topic that hes speaking about, but not necessarily qualified. Due to
the fact that the information being given can also be found on Apples official website makes it a
reliable source. Its supported by the fact that the author tells you exactly how to find the
information on Apples site. This article was clearly written to inform the audience, as it explains
how Apple specifically protects its users by informing them that Apple hides your devices MAC
address when its scanning for Wi-Fi and that it cannot bypass your passcode on ios 8 to
potentially unlock data for the device at the request of law enforcement. It is possible that they
author may be team iphone, but whos to say? The article was updated to let users know that if
you sync your information with apps, your accessible in that way as well.
Using a CCBC search database and a public search engine are both very different.
However, in light of the effectiveness, I would have to say that ProQuest is better. I chose
ProQuest because it contains journals, magazines and newspapers, and it has a broad range of
general reference subjects. I used the same keywords that I used before, ios 8 security to
conduct my search, and although the search took me a little longer, my findings were much more
detailed. I do not believe that the author, Ryan Whitlam, was anymore authorized to write on the
subject than any other author from other sources.





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Cited Sources

"Apple's New IOS 8 Security Measures Could Frustrate Feds." CBS News. N.p., 18 Sept. 2014.
Web. 20 Sept. 2014. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fios-8-security-
measures-could-frustrate-feds%2F>.
Isidore, Chris. "Apple Says IOS 8 Will Shield Your Data from Police." CNN Money. N.p., 18
Sept. 2014. Web. <Apple says iOS 8 will shield your data from police>.
Lawler, Richard. "Tim Cook Lays out Apple's Security Policies as IOS 8 Arrives." N.p., 17 Sept.
2014. Web. 20 Sept. 2014. <http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/17/apple-privacy-tim-
cook/>
Preimsberger, Chris. "Apple Unveils IOS 8 With Improved Siri, Security, Health Care Features."
EWeek (2014): n. pag. Business Source Premier. Web. 20 Sept. 2014.
<http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.ccbcmd.idm.oclc.org/eds/detail/detail?vid=2&sid=48c18be7-
a797-4da0-8969-
9ec108db273b@sessionmgr198&hid=107&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2Nvc
GU9c2l0ZQ==#db=buh&AN=96400571>.
Whitlam, Ryan. "IOS 8 vs. Android 4.4: Does Apple Finally Have the Edge?" (2014): n. pag.
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