“The judges order also says that the firmware change will be specific to that phone’s serial number. Presumably this is intended to allay concerns that it can be used on other phones.”
Mostly likely it would be per the serial #/MAC/etc., but w/out knowing specifics it sounds like the judge is talking out of their @ss.
“I believe that is the deal the FBI is seeking, and the deal to which they would agree if Apple would simply ask for clarification from the Judge instead of making this into a bogey man tin-foil-hat circus.”
Ha! Govt doesn’t cares about clarification, they care about POWER. It’s our way...or jail. If govt were interested in ‘clarification’, they used language you couldn’t drive a cargo ship through and the ‘law’ would not be so...muddy.
“I don’t trust them either, but the branch generally regarded as most trustworthy at securing rights protected under the US Constitution is the Judiciary.”
Ones whom ALSO cannot discern a distinction between ‘shall’ and ‘shall not’; if that ain’t scary right there, I don’t know what IS.
No, I never expected the government to give a crap about clarifying the order. I thought it was self evident that the only entity which would be interested in getting clarification would be Apple inc.
Apple has rights, and the Judge can see to it that Apple's rights are protected. Apple can get the judge to clarify the order in such a way as to allay all of Apple's concerns but one; The fact that they will have to help the FBI get into that phone.