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Re:Nelson woman delighted after Apple unlocks iPhone of late... by jplayer01 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @02:26AM (#17807473)
This is ridiculous. A door is either locked or it isn't. The word makes no claim about how secure the lock is. No matter how you try to twist this topic to suit your views.

In the same way a file can be encrypted, yet be insecure because somebody untrustworthy has the key to decrypt it. Doesn't change the fact that on a technical level, it's encrypted.

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Re:Nelson woman delighted after Apple unlocks iPhone of late... by glibgil on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @12:57PM (#17811376)
What's ridiculous is having a semantic argument when you know people's intent. Yes, someone said "locked" and someone said "encrypted", but what they meant was "secure". I think we all get their meaning. They are saying, what good is this if it is not secure? I mean, what good is it? It'll keep your significant other out, but not Apple employees and not the police? Is that the technical-level benefit?
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