Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack

Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by asr on Thursday February 25, 2016 @01:06PM (#11176317)

I am not sure why this comment (and all Udik's comments) is being downvoted into oblivion. This is the view of the US government and quite likely a vast majority of citizens here (and, I would guess, in many countries).

This morning I was having a conversation with my fiancee, who said "if the US government gets a warrant they can open your mail, they can tap your phone calls, they can come into your house and search -- why should your phone be some sort of zone they cannot search even with a warrant?"

I happen not to agree but this is not some wacko view.

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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by parenthephobia on Thursday February 25, 2016 @05:06PM (#11178220)

It might not be the most constructive way of doing things, but people tend to downvote comments they disagree with.

As to why they disagree: HN's audience is not representative of the general citizenry. We're better informed about technical security matters (or we like to think we are, at least). I suspect that correlates with being less willing to trust security to the goodwill of third parties.

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