Re:U.S. Drops California Case Against Apple After Accessing ...
by mcphage on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @12:11AM
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> Unless one of their real goals was to get the conversation going [...] Because that is what they achieved.
I suppose, but the conversation definitely wasn't moving in their direction. More like they beat a hasty retreat.
> Most will hear nothing other than "the feds can now crack iPhones"
I assume that most people already believe that they can crack iPhones. And it's not like they came out of this process looking good; they created a huge media circus about how they needed Apple to unlock the phone, beating their chests, only to come back with "uh... well, I guess we didn't need to do any of this at all".
I suppose, but the conversation definitely wasn't moving in their direction. More like they beat a hasty retreat.
> Most will hear nothing other than "the feds can now crack iPhones"
I assume that most people already believe that they can crack iPhones. And it's not like they came out of this process looking good; they created a huge media circus about how they needed Apple to unlock the phone, beating their chests, only to come back with "uh... well, I guess we didn't need to do any of this at all".