Re:Apple Encryption Engineers, If Ordered to Unlock iPhone, ...
by acqq on Friday March 18, 2016 @10:04AM
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> If they charged Apple a million dollars a day... They could just pay indefinitely
It doesn't work that way:
"dolske 7 hours ago: The feds threatened Yahoo with a fine of $250,000/day, _doubling every week_. It doesn't take long for that to become astronomical."
In just 26 weeks it's 16 trillions per day if I calculated right.
The expense may actually prove valuable as their willingness to "pay the cost of defiance" might make them seem more appealing to customers and increase the value of their products.