[DiogenesLamp]

Annnnnd there it is. Tim Cook was right.

Right about what? That in criminal cases with search warrants, Apple would be instructed to open phones?

Not much of a prediction that.

[Nifster]

That it was not a single phone that what the govt wants is to get into all phones. This is the first dtep

[zedee]

Right about what? That in criminal cases with search warrants, Apple would be instructed to open phones?

Right, but Apple's point is that Apple does not currently have the ability to unlock the phones. That was a selling point for ios 8 (and later), and a strong one: in an era when people read every day about hackers and government snooping, Apple's ability to accurately proclaim that their phone is so secure that not even Apple itself can crack it is pretty damn valuable.

Giving in to the government's demand here would obliterate that selling point.

[Political Junkie Too]

Isn't this really a case of the government forcing Apple to invent something that doesn't currently exist?

Wouldn't this be like forcing a doctor to find the cure for cancer because the President's daughter is sick? It would be a different matter if the vaccine were right there on the shelf.

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

Isn't this really a case of the government forcing Apple to invent something that doesn't currently exist?

Wouldn't this be like forcing a doctor to find the cure for cancer because the President's daughter is sick? It would be a different matter if the vaccine were right there on the shelf.

-PJ