Thanks for the clarification about payment. I still feel like the government is trying to "draft" Apple into its service indefinitely. Court cases will be endless because crime is endless. Either Apple will be forced to create a permanent backdrop for the government or dedicate a full time crew to hack their own hardware and software every time the government waves a court order at them.
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I hate terrorists and drug lords and human traffickers as much as anybody else. But there's something I fear about the government even more. And as for the FBI and at least three people I know who work there in prominent positions...lets just say my faith in their ethics and judgement as an organization is clouded by my knowledge of these three people.
Two, I've known for decades and I don't have all day to list all that's wrong with their characters, such as backstabbing and a habit of skating on other people's hard work. The third was an agent who barged into my home without a warrant just to question me about a neighbor for a simple security clearance for employment. I was leaving to go out and there he was, just walked into my garage flashing his ID, backing me with my toddler up to our kitchen door. He's lucky I didn't kill him, as was my first inclination for strange men barging into my house without invitation when I have children to protect. It would be too long to go into what he said to me but he was smug about knowing very personal details about all the neighbors on my street and taunting me with that knowledge because he was frustrated I knew so little about the neighbor he came to question me about!
He was arrogant and creepy and I told him so. I told my husband about the incident and he told me of the threats and bullying he got at work at various times from FBI agents who wanted him to drop everything and step out of important meetings just so they, too, could ask questions about former employees for security clearances. They didn't have the logic or decency to simply call for an appointment like normal people.
This heavy handed bullying and intimidation from the FBI is just to ask questions for security clearances. I can only imagine what Apple management is going through. Tim Cook is my hero just for ticking them off.
And yes, the FBI should do their own work if they are capable of it. Apple is not in law enforcement. They make computers and such. They are not responsible for what criminals or grandmas do with it.
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