[Red in Blue PA]

[DaveyB]

Tyrant’s hissy-fit!

[Jack Hammer]

Gee, guess you’ll have to get a warrant, Chief.

[Slyfox]

"Good puppy, the FBI building is next."

[Regulator]

You’d think a good Irishman would understand guarantees against the intrusions of the King’s Men.

[PittsburghAfterDark]

I see their point but they have no one but themselves and the NSA to blame.

The Patriot Act was a clarion call to Americans that government could and now has overstepped its bounds.

We are still citizens with 4th Amendment rights. If they haven’t been so routinely stomped on by the feds and local LEO’s (Mind if we search your vehicle or residence?) I might feel bad. However I don’t.

I fear the government more than a terrorist.

[upchuck]

What did the authorities expect? Apple and Google (neither of whom I like) are just answering the call from consumers for better digital security. Marketing prevails.

[blackdog]

I upgraded my wife's phone yesterday for an Apple 5. She wanted all her apps and contacts, so I asked them to transfer them. I watched as he plugged the one phone into the port of a neat little box. He then plugged in the new phone and presto! in one minute it buffered 1,200 contacts, all the apps, her emails, and grocery lists. Then he uploaded them to her new phone and done!

I said wow! I bet the cops have those. He said yep, and they carry them in their cars. I said no warrants or anything? He said nope!

[CodeToad]

Bogus claim meant to settle hostilities towards government spying on citizens.

For the past ten years of so the FBI has been enjoying a significantly different relationship with the NSA. In prior years the FBI had very little cooperation with the NSA. The relationship now has the FBI /CIA/DHS all cooperating and that includes cryptology. The NSA can read faster than you can any encrypted message you may ever receive. Now the FBI has that ability.

[familyop]

They need a continuous view of your private information to fight the War on Terror. [Little irony and sarcasm there. Watch out for the local, yocal robbers behind them.]

[Political Junkie Too]

...even when they have valid search warrants.

Having a valid search warrant doesn't mean a person has to divulge the combination to their vault. The police may take the vault, but they still have to open it.

-PJ

[varyouga]

BS. I guarantee there’s a back door for the feds as big as a 747

[kiryandil]

Gee, our Owners in government are sure getting pushy.

First, they confiscated all our real estate while we weren't looking (property taxes = The King's Rent on "your" house).

Now, apparently, all our communications are belong to the government, too.

[maine-iac7]

ao’bmer and gang will simply sue them - and threaten with a fine of a quarter million a day for noncompliance -

The King rules ;

[Raymann]

And 5 minutes later Comney calls Cook.

Comney: You think I went over the top?
Cook: Naw, we fooled them all.
(insert evil laughter)

[Rusty0604]

He said he could not understand why companies would “market something expressly to allow people to place themselves beyond the law.”

What if you don’t own a phone? Are you above the law then?

[Secret Agent Man]

was looking for the fake news service tag.

guess he hates free citizens and citizen privacy. so inconvenient to the jackboot thug police state.

[Brother Cracker]

[Swordmaker]

Another article on the FBI Director's angst on the Apple and Google privacy policies PING!

Apple Privacy Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me. http://www.worldwidehippies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Obama_Howdy_Doodat.jpg

[Joe Boucher]

The fbi like the irs is dirty under holder and obammy.
NO CONFIDENCE.