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Re:Apple Removes Apps from China Store That Help Internet Us... by virtuabhi on Saturday July 29, 2017 @10:18AM (#14881329)
"I suppose it's really not much different than the laws in the US that compel companies to give the government access to my information if they request such access."

No, in US the directive comes from court and even then the companies can deny the information if it is encrypted (e.g. like Apple did in San Bernardino).

I also do not understand the nonsensical argument everyday that if US does small x then it allows other countries to do big X along with big Y. What kind of logic is this?

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Re:Apple Removes Apps from China Store That Help Internet Us... by dogma1138 on Saturday July 29, 2017 @10:50AM (#14881465)
A company cannot legally defy the court in the US.

They can only argue against a specific request it and appeal a ruling or an order.

As for the San Bernadino case it's not correct.

Apple has complied with the court order, they gave the FBI access to the iCloud Account. What they didn't do is to decrypt the phone but they were also not ordered too by the court.

If the court would have ordered them to develop a way to decrypt the device and they've lost all appeals they would've complied with that too.

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