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Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by jacquesm on Monday March 21, 2016 @08:59PM (#11333614)
Yes because it would open Apple up to someone leaking the details of that deal. After the stand Tim Cook took that would not go down well.
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Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by criddell on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @09:48AM (#11336510)
At the start of this Apple-FBI episode, didn't Apple initially ask the FBI to submit their request for unlocking software under seal? Doesn't that imply that Apple was willing to assist? Why else would Apple want to keep the request secret?
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Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by ascagnel_ on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @10:08AM (#11336681)
Apple said they would assist in unlocking the phone, not the software, under seal. Apple very well could have said they would not modify the software, prompting the FBI to go public and take the fight to the court of public opinion.
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Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by criddell on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @10:18AM (#11336751)
Why would Apple want that under seal?
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Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by colejohnson66 on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @12:56AM (#11334497)
If you had engineers threatening to quit if forced to write "GovtOS", it would make sense that there would be quite a few who wouldn't mind leaking that a behind-the-doors deal was made.
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