Microsoft, Google, Facebook Back Apple in Blocked Phone Case

Re:Microsoft, Google, Facebook Back Apple in Blocked Phone Case by avn2109 on Thursday February 25, 2016 @09:22PM (#11179453)

This strikes me as a great opportunity to use the "think of the children" argument against the government. Headlines should read like this:

"FBI wants ability to steal dick pics from any iPhone, including children's phones!"

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Re:Microsoft, Google, Facebook Back Apple in Blocked Phone Case by idle_zealot on Thursday February 25, 2016 @09:35PM (#11179486)

Sure, but that goes both ways. It could easily be said that the FBI needs to be able to look through the phones of predators in order to convict.

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Re:Microsoft, Google, Facebook Back Apple in Blocked Phone Case by pooper on Thursday February 25, 2016 @10:13PM (#11179609)

I think they're talking something similar to GCHQ's intercept.

For those who are new, previously on hacker news https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7312212

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Re:Microsoft, Google, Facebook Back Apple in Blocked Phone Case by EdHominem on Friday February 26, 2016 @03:25PM (#11183947)

I think you may want to rethink your soundbite. Heh.

But yeah, remember the scandal about school admins potentially being able to use the laptop's anti-theft programs to spy on children? Imagine that for all children worldwide.

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