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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Backs Apple in Its Refusal to Unlock iPhone by Johnny555 on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @12:44AM (#11156866)
The problem with that thinking is that there is no firm definition of the "Good Guys", and the guys you think are good today, may not be so good tomorrow.

> this software is not secure. That's why we have this backdoor option.

It's not perfectly secure, but still awfully secure if even the US Government can't break it themselves.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Backs Apple in Its Refusal to Unlock iPhone by acqq on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @02:42AM (#11157237)
> still awfully secure

I believe they were just sloppy:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/san-bernardino-shooters-apple-id-pa...

"San Bernardino Shooter's iCloud Password Changed While iPhone was in Government Possession"

The information wasn't "awfully" secured.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Backs Apple in Its Refusal to Unlock iPhone by imron on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @03:00AM (#11157299)
After watching this whole thing play out, I'm seriously wondering whether 'sloppy' was actually 'on purpose because this is a great chance to establish precedent'.
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