Answers to your questions about Apple and security

Re:Answers to your questions about Apple and security by vlod on Monday February 22, 2016 @12:07PM (#11152335)

A case I heard recently is that if a undercover CIA operative was captured in e.g. China (with an iPhone), should Apple be compelled to break the security if demanded by the Chinese government?

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Re:Answers to your questions about Apple and security by danans on Monday February 22, 2016 @01:13PM (#11152924)

Compelled by whom?

Setting aside patriotism, seems like that's a choice between the less painful of the consequences of a) non compliance set by the Chinese government vs b) the cost of _compliance_ set by the US government.

EDIT: Also, why would the CIA ever entrust their communications and data to a format/device that could be cracked by a commercial entity that could be subject to the above scenario?

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Re:Answers to your questions about Apple and security by dopamean on Monday February 22, 2016 @01:17PM (#11152958)

I think people would argue that since Apple is not a Chinese company they'd be ok with Apple ignoring the request.

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Re:Answers to your questions about Apple and security by jameshart on Monday February 22, 2016 @03:01PM (#11153804)

I'm sure Apple could just set up its iPhone production lines somewhere else in no time at all, right?

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