Privacy vs. Security: Experts and former government officials debate digital privacy, cybersecurity, and the Fourth Amendment

The debate series Intelligence Squared U.S. makes its San Francisco debut, in partnership with the National Constitution Center, with a debate about digital privacy, cybersecurity, and the Fourth Amendment. The FBI and Apple’s standoff over the San Bernardino shooter’s phone offered a high-profile example of a tension that appears with increasing regularity: how the right to digital privacy should be balanced with needs of national security. Tech companies promise to protect our data from prying eyes. But should that promise yield to law enforcement and national security?

Arguing for the motion, Tech Companies Should Be Required to Help Law Enforcement Execute Search Warrants to Access Customer Data, are John Yoo and Stewart Baker. Arguing against the motion are Catherine Crump and Michael Chertoff. John Donvan, correspondent for ABC News, moderates.