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Re:Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship with White House by sandworm101 on Saturday February 27, 2016 @12:09PM (#11187666)
Nobody here should want this to be an election issue. A large block of voters are against apple, are pro-backdoors. If this became an election issue anyone seeking to win (all of them) will adopt a middle ground stance. That middle ground will be something like "backdoors, but only if X Y and Z".

Except trump. He won't be middle ground. He'll probably personally unlock the phone using a gold-plated hammer.

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Re:Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship with White House by studentrob on Saturday February 27, 2016 @06:57PM (#11189068)
The only way we will have a chance at making change on this issue is by electing representatives who understand technology. One way we can elect them is of the public understands technology. And, one way to educate the public is via making this an election issue and by repeatedly suggesting that if we outlaw encryption, then only two parties will have it- government and criminals. Civilians will be the ones who suffer most.
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