What would happen if we woke up tomorrow and there was no way to go online? What if someone pulled the master switch on the internet, and we were forced back to a world that existed prior to the early 90s? Would we cope, or have we become too dependent on the benefits of the internet to deal with this problem? Steve and Ben talk about their direct experiences being cut off from the internet and its effects. They also discuss the growing fight between Apple and the FBI, with the former wanting to safeguard the security and encryption of the iPhone, while the latter wants Apple to build a backdoor in to iOS which could potentially render security on all iPhones broken. Can a backdoor be created to a smartphone for just a single occasion, or will doing so break security on all these types of devices? Steve and Ben discuss the issues at stake in this important, landmark case.

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