Beyond Apple vs FBI: Implications for Singapore’s Smart Nation Project

CO16053 | Beyond Apple vs FBI: Implications for Singapore’s Smart Nation Project

Benjamin Ang

https://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/cens/co16053-beyond-apple-vs-fbi-implications-for-singapores-smart-nation-project

Synopsis

The ongoing legal dispute between Apple Inc and the FBI, over accessing data on the iPhone of a deceased terror suspect, has been characterised as a conflict between security and privacy in the US. But it has also highlighted cybersecurity issues that have serious implications for Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative.