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Senator Planning Legislation to Punish Companies That Don't Unlock Encrypted Devices
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Yes, because both parties have been co-opted by the paranoia-mongering neocon movement.
In his mind everyone who doesn't agree with him is a "leftist".
Yep, this. Once Apple does this once, it will be a swift descent into endless demands by the government to do it regularly. And you can bet they will push legislation which will require Apple to put a backdoor into the Secure Enclave.
Thats what politicians respond to. I can't vote in NC. I can however monetarily support people I agree with on issues I feel strongly about. If politicians can't get out of the primary, they'll start making good decisions.
The reason the NRA has been so successful blocking background checks for gun purchases is they can get voters to vote on a single issue. Tech companies and the tech community need to start asserting themselves more aggressively. A few wins in places and you will have Senators and Congressman who would sooner burn themselves at the stake than to weaken device encryption.
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He's a Republican, in case anyone asked. Imagine if he were a Democrat saying the same thing...
But why do people complain? Corporate personhood: corporations are people too.
"You are either with us or with the terrorists" - George W Bush, days after 9/11, though it's a given most of us would be patriotic and side against the terrorists without his needing to say it.
If an individual person did this, guess what would happen? Why should corporate persons be given special treatment? Or more, given all the corporate welfare, lobbying, and other things that Apple isn't going to announce as freely as this nice song and dance about standing up to big butch bad government...
[doublepost=1455893871][/doublepost]And is this the same Burr that voted NO on a bill in 2005 that would have halted corporate welfare going to companies that offshored jobs? Republicans hate welfare and say the free market never benefits from government involvement, right?
http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2005-63.htm
And how we spend more on corporate welfare since graphs first reported in 2006:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/government-subsidies-corporations_n_1912835.html
(article is in 2012 but refers to 2006...)
and
http://www.cato.org/publications/po...w-federal-government-subsidizes-us-businesses
But why do people complain? Corporate personhood: corporations are people too.
"You are either with us or with the terrorists" - George W Bush, days after 9/11, though it's a given most of us would be patriotic and side against the terrorists without his needing to say it.
If an individual person did this, guess what would happen? Why should corporate persons be given special treatment? Or more, given all the corporate welfare, lobbying, and other things that Apple isn't going to announce as freely as this nice song and dance about standing up to big butch bad government...
[doublepost=1455893871][/doublepost]And is this the same Burr that voted NO on a bill in 2005 that would have halted corporate welfare going to companies that offshored jobs? Republicans hate welfare and say the free market never benefits from government involvement, right?
http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2005-63.htm
And how we spend more on corporate welfare since graphs first reported in 2006:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/government-subsidies-corporations_n_1912835.html
(article is in 2012 but refers to 2006...)
and
http://www.cato.org/publications/po...w-federal-government-subsidizes-us-businesses
BINGO.....give this person a cupie doll. Snowden and Assange already proved that.
Yet there is no attempt at rules governing "burner" phones - which are used all the time in crime. I'll bet this Senator is up for re-election and needs something to prove his worth. This isn't one side or the other - we have heard from both sides of the political isle. Because all members of government are owned and paid for by companies the Senator is just another example of paid for government.
Another reason to love Apple.
Another reason to love Apple.
Majority of sales now outside the US. There will be hordes of Americans lined up at Chinese Apple stores on launch day buying phones to illegally ship back to US for a nice profit.
Most of our lawmakers are geriatrics who when they hear the word "computer" think of refrigerator-size cabinets with a reel-to-reel on the front. The last time a Senator discussed the Internet, it was "a series of tubes." It's depressing to think they are writing telecommunication and privacy laws for all of us.
Thanks for the advice Mr Big Government. I choose privacy.
Apple may be taking a moral stance, but I bet they are terrified to lose sales. Who would buy an iPhone knowing the government can hack it?
There is more to this than Apple wanting to defend your rights.
Apple may be taking a moral stance, but I bet they are terrified to lose sales. Who would buy an iPhone knowing the government can hack it?
There is more to this than Apple wanting to defend your rights.
All the more reason to support Apple. I want to protect my 4th Amendment rights, but as an Apple stockholder I also want to protect my investment. The government is attacking me on two fronts.
I call for legislation requiring all gun owners to be forced under law, to reveal what guns they have, what ammunition where they got the gun. Including name address and where the guns are stored. This information should be stored in a national data base accessible to all government agencies, federal, state and local. With full access and disclosure to all citizens via freedom of information act. This will protect us from a much more serious threat, at least based on deaths. Help authorities protect us from the 10,000 death occurring annually from violent gun acts. Contact your representatives to get this going.
Let's put a dent in the 10,000 gun deaths annually, a much larger number than terrorist related deaths.
If the San Bernadino police had known these two terrorists were amassing a cache of weapons, an investigation and visit might have prevented this tragedy.
Let's put a dent in the 10,000 gun deaths annually, a much larger number than terrorist related deaths.
If the San Bernadino police had known these two terrorists were amassing a cache of weapons, an investigation and visit might have prevented this tragedy.
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This is why I'll continue to stand with Apple against the barrage of attacks on the constitution by our own Government.
There is not doubt there are stupid people on both sides of the aisle. But way more on the Republican side. Just look at the current crop of GOP presidential candidates. I rest my case.
They are also considering proposing a bill to outlaw whispering.
What a world it would be if everyone voted third party just once... Instead of this ridiculous D vs R, as if there was any real difference.
Ha, you quoted the title of the article, while I quoted something Bernie said in the article.
You prove that you read titles. I prove that I read the articles.
Our nation is surely in trouble this election season if voters are only reading article titles.
Sorry, I don't mean to pick on you specifically. Just read the articles and then form your own opinion. Bernie is not picking a side because he said it is complicated, but he did say in the article that he thinks fighting terrorists is important but not at the expense of our freedoms. He's being intelligent in this situation because he's not trying to be one of those "politicians that know nothing of technology".
Here's the article link you posted again so people reading are informed and can make their own opinions about this. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/18/bernie-sanders-staying-out-apple-fight-government/
People will buy them unless they want to give up on phones for good since every other manufacturer will have the same requirements to let hackers in.
Can somebody explian to me why the Constitution-loving Republican party hasn't ejected this guy for even considering such a daft idea?
Not that it'll do anything but there's a petition to halt this https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/apple-privacy-petition