Right? You don’t even have to be intelligent to research encryption techniques. To claim that the media is responsible for this is just stupid.

This, exactly. I’m really tired of hearing “we have the best intellegence gathering organizations in the world!” when, time and time again, the CIA, NSA, etc. have proven that they are not.

Here’s an idea, maybe stop emboldening and creating new terrorists by waging imperialistic wars of aggression, assassinating their leaders, dropping bombs on their school and hospitals, etc?

The law states that this demand can’t be an undue burden to Apple. I would argue that destroying the security of millions of iPhones all over the world would be harmful to the company and there an undue burden.

Yes, its a matter of law, but the FBI is an organization headed up by a political appointee who circuitously is beholden to public opinion. The FBI doesn’t exist in a vacuum.

if you have worked in the industry for 10 years then surely you know that the NSA lost this same gambit regarding breaking encrypted devices. You also realize that Apple is physically unable to break the backups, thats the point of the system they created. What the DOJ is asking them to do is technology unfeasible.

That’s bullshit, last I heard public opinion is pretty important in a democracy that votes on it’s laws.

Are you a dunce? Public opinion shapes the law and the lawmakers. Public opinion has everything to do with this.

I mean, it’s also ridiculous to pretend that the law is a perfectly clear and concrete matter, when we have an entire judiciary and profession dedicated to interpreting and arguing it because it’s actually a malleable social codex that reflects years, decades and centuries of values, legislation, precedent, etc.

It’s cute that you believe that.

Of course public opinion is relevant. Especially if the DOJ is asking for something that the law is unclear on or is outright sketchy. As a publicly traded company who’s reputation with it’s users is a big part of it’s success, Apple is potentially quite vulnerable to public opinion.

Contempt of court for protecting the privacy of his users? You’ve got some strange definitions there. I’m not an Apple user, but I applaud their stance on this. The government will continue to overreach as long as we let it.

The fact that the DOJ is pushing so hard on this shows their level of desperation to pass it through before the general public understands exactly what it is that they want. I’ve seen numerous people act like Apple just has a wire they plug in and bam the phone is unlocked- only to then wonder why Apple hates America.…

Oh no. But how will Middle Class America cope with their daily lives then?

Everyone get on the marijuana train?!?!

Slowly but surely getting there.

I mean this phonogram is nice and all, but with all the hissing and cracking and crap quality, who will want to use this?Recorded sound is a farce.

Good thing that’s in the works too. Even without it, though, it still represents an upgrade over traditional prostheses.

Yeah, those poor jerks, why didn’t they plan ahead to be born to rich parents who could send them to private schools, or to be born to striving parents who could help them get ahead? It’s their own fault they lived in neighborhoods with crappy schools, or in places like Flint with lead in the water. Jeeze, how stupid…

This is the general plan of most people arguing for a basic income guarantee. It’s probably the ideal way to implement things.

There’s a 3rd option, since we don’t have mass automation of jobs just yet. We could, if we wanted to, focus public money on automating the kinds of jobs that are easiest to phase out. This would require an initial investment of tax dollars, but would pay for itself over time as the public could be the recipients of…