CONCLUDINGSTATEMENT

MyfellowAmericancitizens,itismypleasuretostandbeforeyouheretodayto
representmydefendant,AppleInc..However,IamnotjustheretorepresentmydefendantI
amheretorepresentAmericascitizens.We,asthepeopleoftheUnitedStates,havetheright
toareasonableexpectationofprivacy

asimpliedinthe4thamendment,andfreespeech.Asit
pertainstotheUS,allowingtheFBIaccessto94millioniPhones,isgivingthegovernmentthe
opportunitytobreachnearly30%ofourpopulation'sprivacy.Now,youmayask,Well70%of
ourpopulationisnotaffectedsowhatisthematter?WellwhoisnottosaythatsoontheFBI
willbeaskingforothercompaniestocreatesystemsthatcouldpotentiallyallowtheFBIaccess
to100%ofAmericanscellulardevices?Rulinginsupportoftheplaintiffwouldsetalegal
precedentthatgivesthegovernmentthecouragetooversteptheboundariesofprivacyand
companies1stAmendmentrights,becauseforcingAppletogiveupcodesneededtofulfillthe
warrantsrequirementsisaviolationofthe1stAmendmentforcodeisspeech.
Takeforexample,theanalogyofacanopenervs.arecipethatAttorneyMoglen
explained.Iscodeagadgetoramediumforexpression?AsMr.Boneh,anexpertwitness,
explainedheretoday,Sinceprogramminginvolvesdefiningaprocedurethatanexecution
environmentshouldfollowitisarecipe.Exhibit
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displayedthatcodeinfactcanbe
translatedtospeech.Sotherefore,codeisarecipe.Codeisasetofdirectionsthatisusedfor
communicationandhumanexpression.Therefore,codeisspeech.
DoyoubelievethatthegovernmentshouldbepermittedtoviolateApplesrighttofree
speech?Moreimportantly,doyou,respectablemembersofthejury,wanttosetalegal
precedentthatisarecipefordisaster?Arecipethatwouldencouragethegovernmentto
violateAmericans1stAmendmentand4thAmendmentrights.Arecipethatwouldsetoffa
slipperyslopeofcreatingprogramsthatwouldallowtheFBIaccesstoAmericanspersonal
cellulardevices.Applesrefusaltocomplywiththecourtswarrantwastoprotectits
consumers,butmostimportantlytoprotecttherightsofyouandotherfellowAmerican
citizens.
Now,theplaintiffhascountlesslyarguedthattheFBImustunlocktheiPhonetoblock
terrorism.However,howcanyoubecertainthatthiswillstopterrorism?Hastheplaintiff
providednumbersonhowmanyterroristsowniPhonesorhowmanycaseshaveoccurred
whereaterroristhasownedaniPhone?Inshort,canyoubecertainthatthenumberof
terroristsowninganiPhoneishighsothattheFBIhasahighchanceofcounteringterrorism?
Asof2014,682million
iOS/MacOSinstalledbasedeviceswereinuse.Outofthe7.125
billionpeopleofthisworld,noteven10%usesaniPhone.Thechanceofaterroristowningan
iPhoneisdismallylow.Therefore,evenifAppleweretocreatesoftwarethatunlockedthesaid
device,thereisnoguaranteethatthiswouldpreventterrorism.However,whatiscertainisthat
theFBIwillnowhaveaccesstoyourpersonalinformation.Simplyput,theFBIdudeswillhave
yournudes.

Respectablemembersofthejury,thereare3criticalfactorstotakeintoaccount.1)The
newsoftwarethattheFBIisaskingAppletocreatewouldgreatlyviolateAmericansprivacy.2)
Codeisspeech,andthegovernmentmustnotbeabletosetalegalprecedentthatwouldallow
forittoviolate1stAmendmentrights.3)Thenewsoftwareprogramwouldleadtoaslippery
slopeofgovernmentbreachesofAmericansrightsbyaskingadditionalcompaniestocreate
backdoorsfortheirproducts.Inshort,these3factorscanbeencompassedbythephrase,a
recipefordisaster.MyfellowAmericancitizens,Iencourageyoutorejectthecreationofthe
softwaretheFBIisrequestingAppletomake.Dontapproveofarecipefordisaster.