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Re:Apple Encryption Engineers, If Ordered to Unlock iPhone, ... by hkmurakami on Thursday March 17, 2016 @07:45PM (#11308621)
Interesting. A draft targeting software engineers to forcibly enlist them in the government's "war on encryption".

What kind of dystopia are we living in again?

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Re:Apple Encryption Engineers, If Ordered to Unlock iPhone, ... by frandroid on Thursday March 17, 2016 @11:58PM (#11309778)
Not a draft. As we've seen in Snowden, there are tons of engineers who support the security state and will volunteer to serve.
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Re:Apple Encryption Engineers, If Ordered to Unlock iPhone, ... by ridgeguy on Thursday March 17, 2016 @09:37PM (#11309220)
I don't think this could happen without enabling legislation.

The U.S. military draft required passage of the Selective Service Act [1] Something similar would be required before Apple's coders could be forced to carry out court orders directed at Apple, the corporation. Even in these times (so far!) I think this wouldn't happen.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Service_Act_of_1917

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