Trump asks voters to boycott Apple: 'I think that's a great idea'

Washington Examiner ^ | 19 Feb 16 | GABBY MORRONGIELLO

[dfwgator]

Don’s starting to lose me.

[5thGenTexan]

So, will the Trump supporters line up behind this anti-privacy stance?

[big'ol_freeper]

Been there a couple of months ago. I’m long gone from tRump.

[dfwgator]

Problem is, outside of Cruz, the others are just as bad.

[VanDeKoik]

Both sides have a point.

But Apple is left seen looking like they are standing in the way of an investigation of a known terrorist/killer.

[big'ol_freeper]

Agreed

[big'ol_freeper]

I think they’re dead Jim.

[NewHampshireDuo]

Ditto. He’s not a deep thinker. Cook is doing the right thing.

[VanDeKoik]

Cruz also says Apple needs to comply.

[bigbob]

Absolutely.

The FBI is asking Apple to do nothing to remove the privacy features. They are requesting - IN THIS CASE ONLY - to remove the limit on the number of retries. 15 minutes work for a programmer. Once that’s done, the FBI can use it’s existing tools to crack the password and then decrypt the information on this TERRORISTS PHONE. No different than in the past.

[BuffaloJack]

I’ve been boycotting Apple products since the early 80s.
Also Toshiba products.

[Sooth2222]

The billionaire suggested that Cook "is looking to do a big number... to show how liberal he is."

Or how shockingly conservative he is.

[big'ol_freeper]

I hadn’t seen that. If so, very disappointing.

[dfwgator]

Why even bother to vote. These are the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Trump has raised some uncomfortable issues about the line between security and freedom.

He isn’t exactly exercising the most exquisite wisdom. The answer to every disagreement can’t just be boycott. Even though yes, “conservatives” have done it as well as liberals. “Protest to Apple” would be a wiser recommendation at this point. The CIA could and would help Apple here with things like their chip dissolver. It wouldn’t have to be all Apple. Nothing is “impossible” to break — only more and more difficult.

But I can’t fault Donald for being a hypocrite here or for pushing a known untruth.

[stanne]

Not at all. Apple is either afraid of losing business or afraid of the enemy to the point of endangering security. Both are unacceptable for such a monopoly

Tgeyd be smart to figure out they’re going down anyway

[dead]

I'd rather boycott the government, but unlike Apple, the government can imprison or shoot you if you do.

I'm on Apples side.

[Biggirl]

Not much choice, it is simply between Trump and Cruz.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I think a lot of apprehension here is that this is Obama’s government. If this were Bush, or even more so Reagan, I think there would be a lot more leeway granted.