I didn’t see you where I was either. And besides anyone can say anything. And Hoover was a blackmailing homo, that’s a fact. And the FBI is infested with PC crap and is 100% in bed with the moslems. The FBI is in bed with .gov in its efforts to flood the country with terrorists. Howzabout just be honest and break into my house, then come try to sell me some iron bars.
You may like a modern Stasi but I don’t. The Stasi existed about 40 years. Currently the government collects the equivalent to the ENTIRE Stasi database every two days. In the entire history of humanity, no government has ever been so intrusive. I am glad apple is standing in their path and has the public backing and money to fight them.
The neighbors all knew the San Berdoo murderers were up to no good, but nobody called. Why? Because they correctly assessed that THEY would be the ones in trouble. People aren’t stupid. The hive mind is well aware of where the Bureau stands, and it isn’t alongside the American people.
Sentimental BS aside, it matters not a whit that a few FBI agents might be good people, because their agency is now hopelessly corrupted and has exhausted all trust.
As for a john bircher,,, why thank you!
> Currently the government collects the equivalent to the ENTIRE Stasi database every two days. In the entire history of humanity, no government has ever been so intrusive.
Data collection without a warrant has no bearing whatsoever on the legitimate need for the information on this one particular device. Data collection without a warrant can not be tolerated.
> I am glad apple is standing in their path and has the public backing and money to fight them.
Will you be glad when terrorists using cipher coordinate their actions and slaughter your friends or family? The next 9/11? A nuke?
There is a balance required. This is not a case of indiscriminate data collection, which is an issue separate and distinct from this issue and which has no bearing in this case. The issue in this case is the legitimate need to information on a particular device, information which could help identify the terrorists accomplices, and time is of the essence. There is no legitimate reason for Apple to not render all assistance necessary to retrieval of the data on this device.
Injecting objections to indiscriminate data collection without a warrant is a diversion. It is a strawman.