I'm happy that Tim is giving the big fat finger to Obama's anti-4th Amendment Justice Department.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: FBI's Backdoor Would Be 'Software Equivalent of Cancer'
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AWESOME job, Tim! I support Apple 100%!
Do your research if you truly care.
Several reports reveal Apple was_asked_ (privately) to help. Slamming the door in the Government's face, then and only then did the FBI go public.
If the haters here were open minded, I'd post links to the articles. However any source that the Apple Liberals don't like is discredited. Therefore it's up to you if you care.
Google is your friend.
Several reports reveal Apple was_asked_ (privately) to help. Slamming the door in the Government's face, then and only then did the FBI go public.
If the haters here were open minded, I'd post links to the articles. However any source that the Apple Liberals don't like is discredited. Therefore it's up to you if you care.
Google is your friend.
While I'm not "fashionably offended", I do find his comment in poor taste.
But I also don't care for him as a corporate executive, don't approve of some of his political and social stances and especially don't feel is the right choice for CEO of Apple, so perhaps my perception is skewed.
But I also don't care for him as a corporate executive, don't approve of some of his political and social stances and especially don't feel is the right choice for CEO of Apple, so perhaps my perception is skewed.
You guys are seriously ridiculous and aren't even looking at the analogy at all. If this backdoor is made, the world would be the host and the backdoor and its potential vulnerability to fall into the hands of baddies is the cancer. He could've said virus, but either way his point would remain the same. It would be a cancer that eats away at our personal security. You guys all need to seriously get a grip.
Get back to me when the doctor tells you that you have 4-8 months to live.
Thanks for the well wishes.
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Thanks for your thoughts.
Provide links or you're just BS'ng.Do your research if you truly care.
Several reports reveal Apple was_asked_ (privately) to help. Slamming the door in the Government's face, then and only then did the FBI go public.
If the haters here were open minded, I'd post links to the articles. However any source that the Apple Liberals don't like is discredited. Therefore it's up to you if you care.
Google is your friend.
Oh I'm sorry, I do apologise for being sensitive to his pathetic tagline and your apparent objection to MY OPINION in this free speech world we live in.
I seriously suggest you do NOT reply to anyone who dislikes the comment he made as it is their opinion, not yours and it's certainly not yours to object to mate. You have NO idea how some people feel about the disease.
Perhaps I should bend over for Apple no matter what like some on here seem to? Would that be acceptable? To NEVER EVER object to anything they say or do? Would that make you happy?
Do your research if you truly care.
Several reports reveal Apple was_asked_ (privately) to help. Slamming the door in the Government's face, then and only then did the FBI go public.
If the haters here were open minded, I'd post links to the articles. However any source that the Apple Liberals don't like is discredited. Therefore it's up to you if you care.
Google is your friend.
Agreed. If you make the assertion, burden of proof is on you to back up what you say. So by all means, posts those links, then we'll take your post into consideration.
Until then, all filler, no killer.
BL.
Yea Tim. Thank you for your service to the country and the world.
Every gay person in Russia thanks you. Every dissident in every country thanks you. This decision is more powerful than one can describe.
Every gay person in Russia thanks you. Every dissident in every country thanks you. This decision is more powerful than one can describe.
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Good interview, Tim! Thanks for sticking up for the constitutional protections of Americans when the government won't.
Really? You really are an incredibly insensitive person. All I proved is that you don't believe people with different opinions on sensitive matters to you should post here.
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Yes, on some level, they're to be admired. It's not easy to stand up like this in the court of public opinion. On the other hand, what was Apple supposed to do here? When the government brought this public, were they then simply just supposed to cave and then face the backlash about how Apple isn't protecting our privacy and that it's collaborating with the government to build a back door into the iPhone? That would've been a far worse road to go down.
I don't know how "Maybe you are too sensitive to the mention of AIDS/HIV" can be read as anything but homophobic when you include it in a fake letter to a publicly gay man. If Tim is sensitive to anything, it's probably cancer considering how close he was to Steve Jobs. I'm sorry to hear about your condition, but I don't think his comment is intended to offend anyone. Even if you think HIV/AIDS makes a better analogy, you should have presented it differently.
Do your research if you truly care.
Several reports reveal Apple was_asked_ (privately) to help. Slamming the door in the Government's face, then and only then did the FBI go public.
If the haters here were open minded, I'd post links to the articles. However any source that the Apple Liberals don't like is discredited. Therefore it's up to you if you care.
Google is your friend.
It wasn't just reports that revealed it. Tim Cook just flat out said in the interview. He basically said it was like a slap in the face and no one from the government even contacted him before they went public.
I believe the news should be: For first time MacRumors members are finally agreed into something.
That Tim is good.
I guess the FBI also thinks one step at a time otherwise they would "see" the future themselves.
Then again... the FBI did stuff this to begin with..... This is why u call it "encryption"
The only thing the government has to blame is themselves on this one, regardless how light you try and 'sugar-coat' the situation.
I guess the FBI also thinks one step at a time otherwise they would "see" the future themselves.
Then again... the FBI did stuff this to begin with..... This is why u call it "encryption"
The only thing the government has to blame is themselves on this one, regardless how light you try and 'sugar-coat' the situation.
Maybe you didn't read the thread.
From 1991 when I became an Apple customer I chose to trust their organization. It was a good choice. Then came the iPhone and a few years later the highly controversial "Antennagate" debacle. I'll never forget when Apple could no longer hide and remain silent, they caved into public pressure and Steve Jobs held a public Announcement, not unlike a press conference.
He got up and with a scowl and acerbic tone told us "we were holding our iPhones wrong. Unable to detach from his own well known "Reality Distortion Field" he went on to slander other smartphones claiming they did the same thing. Except I owned two of the "other" phones (as well as my iPhone) he bashed and my experience revealed he lied. The others were excellent. No problem.
That set the tone for a skirmish between Steve Jobs loving cult like Followers and those who think for themselves and deal in reality. It was ugly and protracted. It also revealed the Supreme Unrelenting Narcissism of Steve Jobs and the Apple culture. I've never witnessed a CEO blame the customers that buy their products as Liars.
Tim Cook is not someone I trust at this juncture.
Apple... What a Company.
You went on a long rant about Steve Jobs and how he can't be trusted ... and then used that as a reason to not trust a completely different human being.