Re:As encryption spreads, U.S. grapples with clash between p...
by AnthonyMouse on Sunday April 12, 2015 @12:07AM
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> In this case, though, it's not the people who are hiding it - the device manufacturer is.
That is not correct. What Apple has done is give control over whether the information is hidden or not to the person with the password for the device.
> Nobody is buying a new iPhone because of the encryption; they're buying it because it's a newer, better version of an existing product - a product that police could search for evidence before if they had a warrant.
You can't win this by making a relativistic argument. The world was not in a state of anarchy before everyone started carrying around iPhones.
That is not correct. What Apple has done is give control over whether the information is hidden or not to the person with the password for the device.
> Nobody is buying a new iPhone because of the encryption; they're buying it because it's a newer, better version of an existing product - a product that police could search for evidence before if they had a warrant.
You can't win this by making a relativistic argument. The world was not in a state of anarchy before everyone started carrying around iPhones.