Re:Apple files final response in San Bernardino iPhone case
by XorNot on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @04:25AM
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You do realize Tim Cook is the CEO aka the one who is ultimately doing the firing in this scenario right? The US Government are not majority stakeholders in Apple.
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Re:Apple files final response in San Bernardino iPhone case
by swombat on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @05:25AM
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In the UK there is this concept of a "shadow director", which is someone who, while not officially a director of the company, actually has executive power indirectly in some way. The legal concept exists to point out that a shadow director can be held legally accountable in the same way a director can.
Perhaps a similar concept applies here. If the FBI can compel action from Apple it is basically a shadow CEO of Apple.