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Re:Google collects cell tower info even if location services... by glenneroo on Thursday November 23, 2017 @10:19AM (#15765518)
You underestimate the power of the NSA, CIA, FBI and in general the US government. They don't need to imprison the CEO or shut them down, there are subtle yet nefarious ways of getting what they want. Anyways let's forget this part, it's just speculation from both of us.

According to their privacy policy[0], they comply with requests by the government for user data and inform the user unless gagged.

> In the second half of 2016, Apple received between 5,750 and 5,999 National Security Orders.

If their products are unbreakable, how can they provide this data to the government?

[0]: https://www.apple.com/privacy/government-information-request...

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Re:Google collects cell tower info even if location services... by panda88888 on Thursday November 23, 2017 @12:07PM (#15766374)
The data stored on newer iOS devices with hardware security enclave are unbreakable even by Apple, but the iCloud backups are accessible by Apple. That’s probably how the requests are fulfilled.
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