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Re:Apple Encryption Engineers, If Ordered to Unlock iPhone, ... by tremon on Friday March 18, 2016 @07:54AM (#11311141)
How so? To me, dragnet surveillance is a lot easier to explain and conceptualize to non-techies than personal encryption. And I use encryption on all my devices (except my android phone, it's still running 4.x)
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Re:Apple Encryption Engineers, If Ordered to Unlock iPhone, ... by kelseydh on Friday March 18, 2016 @09:58AM (#11311792)
One aspect is the difference in opponent. Until recently most people thought NSA-level surveillance only applied if you were a national security threat like Osama Bin Laden.

In this case we're talking about the FBI wanting access for regular police cases. That touches way closer to reality for many.

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