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Re:Answers to your questions about Apple and security by matwood on Monday February 22, 2016 @09:57AM (#11151143)
> Actually that's irrelevant because the government can always coerce companies or individuals to introduce backdoors if there aren't any.

The FBI is trying to do just that and Apple is fighting it. That is why this case is so important.

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Re:Answers to your questions about Apple and security by noelsusman on Monday February 22, 2016 @10:53PM (#11156394)
Except they're not. If the FBI was trying to force Apple to keep this avenue of attack open in all future versions of iOS then I would be 100% behind Apple, but that's not what's going on. The FBI is asking Apple to exploit an already existing vulnerability.
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Re:Answers to your questions about Apple and security by matwood on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @10:50AM (#11167601)
Do you not think this is where it is headed? The FBI has been complaining about device security for awhile. They finally have a 'terror' case to use in order to try and swing public opinion. To think that the FBI only wants a single phone (we have found out later they have many) unlocked, and only wants it to work until Apple closes the security hole is naive.
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