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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by lern_too_spel on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:38PM (#22119883)
> You have to believe that the judicial branch actually would safe guard privacy and keep law enforcement from overreaching.

These warrants become public record. I don't have to blindly believe it. I can look at the records and see that the US is not even close to China as far as government access to user data.

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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by scarface74 on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @04:02PM (#22121989)
These records become public record?

Unless the government screams “terrorism”. Ever heard of a FISA warrant?

https://www.ajc.com/news/national/what-fisa-warrant/WqP428Eg...

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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by lern_too_spel on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:37AM (#22128947)
The statistics of those are also public record and show that US surveillance is nowhere close to Chinese.
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