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Re:Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship with White House by doe88 on Saturday February 27, 2016 @11:07AM (#11187464)
Meanwhile there is another poll with a different result http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-encryption-poll-idUS...
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Re:Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship with White House by bobwaycott on Saturday February 27, 2016 @11:51AM (#11187597)
Yikes. I find the majority support on the second question particularly disturbing.
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Re:Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship with White House by pdkl95 on Saturday February 27, 2016 @03:15PM (#11188274)
> second question

    The government should be able to look at data on Americans'
    smart phones in order to protect against terror threats.
The presence or absence of a warrant is conspicuously absent. That question is carefully engineered to get a specific answer.
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Re:Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship with White House by bobwaycott on Saturday February 27, 2016 @05:03PM (#11188720)
Exactly.
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Re:Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship with White House by themartorana on Saturday February 27, 2016 @02:21PM (#11188062)
"The government should be able to do anything no matter how egregious and unconstitutional in order to prevent terrorist attacks and keep you safe" would get a whole lot more support than you'd like, too.
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