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Topics => The Police State => Topic started by: Libertas on September 18, 2014, 07:36:06 AM

Title: You can't stop the (NSA) signal!
Post by: Libertas on September 18, 2014, 07:36:06 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apple-will-no-longer-unlock-most-iphones-ipads-for-police-even-with-search-warrants/2014/09/17/2612af58-3ed2-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apple-will-no-longer-unlock-most-iphones-ipads-for-police-even-with-search-warrants/2014/09/17/2612af58-3ed2-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html)

iBullshyt!

False sense of security?  Yeah, most libiot iCrap lovers will buy it hook, line and anchor...

Title: Re: You can't stop the (NSA) signal!
Post by: Glock32 on September 18, 2014, 12:33:57 PM

Note this comment from the FBI guy:

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He suggested that it would take a major event, such as a terrorist attack, to cause the pendulum to swing back toward giving authorities access to a broad range of digital information.

As if they're not above to manufacturing one of those.


ETA - also I'm pretty sure there are laws that prohibit commercial encryption that the Feddy Bears don't have a universal key to. Maybe that's just export restrictions, I dunno.  But I agree with Libertas it's optimistically naive to think this will keep State Almighty's nose out of things.