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Tim Cook to Discuss Ongoing FBI Battle on Tonight's Episode of 'World News Tonight'
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Tim,
stop toiling your own self righteousness like your some sort of FRAK'n god here.
If you're a HUMAN BEING first and foremost, then an American (God, Country, Family) and you CARE about the safety of family and kids and peoples personal data is important to you and Apple.
Do NOT create a back door.
Take the phones in trust from the FBI ... then work on a solution that is IN-HOUSE under LEGAL signed Executive VP survision with FBI outside that LOCKED down ROOM and the BEST ENGINEERS who stand to forefit their entire pay range, civil lawsuits, shares and stock should they LEAVE apple and work directly or indirectly with governments across the globe of ANY kind ...
GET THAT DATA! Submit it to the FBI ... the code remains intact and protected! Done and DONE! You've protected the public privacy of your "clients" which is MUCH different than your users, the public interest in safety against terrorism and the the FBI's end goal which is to GET at data that could lead to another attack or breach of national security!
THAT"S IT!!
Imagine how Tim Cook's story would change if it was HIS family or his lover's family that gets killed, maimed or violated in the next terrorist attack!! Yeah you'd see his stance change in a heartbeat!
FBI is demanding Apple leak a back door, I say Apple provides only the critical relevant (in THEIR EYES not the FBI's - which means everything lol) information to the FBI. Simple and everybody sleeps well at night.
stop toiling your own self righteousness like your some sort of FRAK'n god here.
If you're a HUMAN BEING first and foremost, then an American (God, Country, Family) and you CARE about the safety of family and kids and peoples personal data is important to you and Apple.
Do NOT create a back door.
Take the phones in trust from the FBI ... then work on a solution that is IN-HOUSE under LEGAL signed Executive VP survision with FBI outside that LOCKED down ROOM and the BEST ENGINEERS who stand to forefit their entire pay range, civil lawsuits, shares and stock should they LEAVE apple and work directly or indirectly with governments across the globe of ANY kind ...
GET THAT DATA! Submit it to the FBI ... the code remains intact and protected! Done and DONE! You've protected the public privacy of your "clients" which is MUCH different than your users, the public interest in safety against terrorism and the the FBI's end goal which is to GET at data that could lead to another attack or breach of national security!
THAT"S IT!!
Imagine how Tim Cook's story would change if it was HIS family or his lover's family that gets killed, maimed or violated in the next terrorist attack!! Yeah you'd see his stance change in a heartbeat!
FBI is demanding Apple leak a back door, I say Apple provides only the critical relevant (in THEIR EYES not the FBI's - which means everything lol) information to the FBI. Simple and everybody sleeps well at night.
- The thing I find MOST appalling in this whole thing is the Courts/FBI is REQUIRING APPLE to make special software. I am sorry but a government can't force someone to make something. How can apple replace the OS that is on the phone anyways? It requires a password to do that and they don't have it. So they will have to do a lot of engineering. I hope they make it even harder to back door down the road.
- The terrorist guy was careful enough to destroy tons of stuff already. I am certain he already destroyed everything on his phone too.
- I think the government is using this terrorist act to get the ability to break into other phones they want to get into. They have more "sympathy" votes right now using this case to make precedence.
- Maybe next time, they shouldn't just kill these bad guys first. And then they could have asked kindly for their password before the waterboarding begins.
- There should also be a checksum of your password against the OS. If the OS is altered, the password will not work, even a good one.
You will note that some of the victim's families from the shootings in San Bernardino are completely against creating a backdoor, contrary to your opinion.
BL.
We obviously love your fantasy. No actually, we don't. What you are posting here is absolutely disgusting.
But in real life, the mother of one of the 14 victims has declared publicly that she doesn't want the country to give up its freedoms because her son was killed. It seems there are people who are bigger than you can even imagine.
Tim Cook might retire in that situation. There are other things that he might do; I wouldn't try to judge his character. But it is obvious from everything that has been published that he actually understands the whole situation, unlike you, so personal misfortune wouldn't make any change to his decision.
You will not like this, but there is also a chance that your next president might be prone to cause injuries to anyone that he perceives as an enemy. So if you ever visited the "trump donald" website and the next government finds out, you might end up on a stretcher.
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Yes, yes, a whole lot of yes. And yes the FBI knows this too.
PR Stunt and Mind Games. None of this pony show is particularly surprising.
For a company that now pounces on the "we care about you" bandwagon, it still uses every trick in the book to prefer using countries and companies with gross human rights violations on issues more severe than privacy and, despite having the money to make actual change that would awe and impress the biggest of cynics, the company still makes excuses and blame games.
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I'm sure he truly cares about you as much as he does every other walking wallet and/or cheap laborer to be exploited (meaning "everyone else"). He only does the rights shtick whenever it suits him. Like I said, it's a PR and marketing stunt. Nothing substantial but people will swallow it blindly.
For a company that now pounces on the "we care about you" bandwagon, it still uses every trick in the book to prefer using countries and companies with gross human rights violations on issues more severe than privacy and, despite having the money to make actual change that would awe and impress the biggest of cynics, the company still makes excuses and blame games.
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I'm sure he truly cares about you as much as he does every other walking wallet and/or cheap laborer to be exploited (meaning "everyone else"). He only does the rights shtick whenever it suits him. Like I said, it's a PR and marketing stunt. Nothing substantial but people will swallow it blindly.
Just finished watching the half hour version online. Very impressed - though there were the usual PR soundbites, the majority of questions were answered with a "yes" or "no" and in a way the average viewer would understand.
Personal favourite line: "I've received thousands of emails... I read every single one, because they're very heartfelt."
Class act. Thank you, Tim.
Personal favourite line: "I've received thousands of emails... I read every single one, because they're very heartfelt."
Class act. Thank you, Tim.
Good interview for apple.
On the one side I believe him that he is concerned about civil rights.... On the other hand I was a sort of shocked about his multiple statements that after a discussion with the authorities one might find a common solution.
What kind of solution? It is that easy: you can only have 100% safe encryption or no safe encryption....there is nothing in between that is worth the naming of privacy or respect for civil rights!
In this case there is no way to serve the gouvernments demands and to protect civil rights at the same time! NO WAY !
I am beginning to doubt if he really will never treat his customers....
On the one side I believe him that he is concerned about civil rights.... On the other hand I was a sort of shocked about his multiple statements that after a discussion with the authorities one might find a common solution.
What kind of solution? It is that easy: you can only have 100% safe encryption or no safe encryption....there is nothing in between that is worth the naming of privacy or respect for civil rights!
In this case there is no way to serve the gouvernments demands and to protect civil rights at the same time! NO WAY !
I am beginning to doubt if he really will never treat his customers....
I've known several people in my life as cynical and bitter as you appear to be. They died sad and alone. Pretty sure nobody remembers their names very often.
I disagree. This is about setting a precedent, not this individual phone. For example, Snowden: FBI could hack San Bernardino iPhone without Apple’s involvement.
Yep.
What happens next time it's part of an open case and the defense request access to the code to verify how it works? What happens when next time the government wants to force Apple or another company to make changes to weaken encryption? What happens when a divorce attorney wants to use the backdoor?Apple will follow the law. However, they have the right to due process. If they believe an order to be illegal, it is fully within their rights to appeal all the way up to the Supreme Court.
I'd prefer the laws of the country be based on a rational discussion of our rights, not emotionally-charged self interest.
So that would imply that you believe that it's better to ignore the "gross human rights violations" than doing something about it like Apple is.
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Do you have a problem with the interests of a corporation being aligned with the public interest?
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That's Maricopa County. It's earned the reputation as the county in the US that most idealizes the police state.
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Donald Duck is a flasher.
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Samuel Johnson once said "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." That's no longer the case today. Patriotism is now the SECOND refuge of a scoundrel, right after religion.
I'm starting to think they changed the passcode knowing well that it would require Apple to write this new iOS version and cry to the people and courts to force Apple to do it.
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Exactly.
The San Bernardino shooters were smart enough to destroy their personal phones and their hard drives. So I seriously doubt they left any evidence on this work phone.
The FBI already has mountains of technological data at their disposal... iCloud data, carrier call data, etc. Plus additional information collected through non-technological methods.
In my opinion... the FBI isn't really concerned with this iPhone anyway.
They simply want to set a precedent so that they can get Apple to assist in unlocking future iPhones.
Here's the deal... Apple makes smartphones that are very protected. The reason is for enhanced privacy and security of users' data. Even the FBI can't get into Apple's smartphones!
And the FBI hates that
That's why i think the icloud passcode was changed. The FBI can cry to America and the courts to force Apple to help them in future cases.
If they could conceptualize that as a potential outcome ... that would be beyond scary.
To the point #1 bolded above ... yes the government can.
It was called conscription in WW1 and WW2 I believe. This I'm sure you'd NOT EVER ARGUE against considering the dangers then.
The pathetic thing is the real danger pending but arguable yet Apple is blowing this out of proportion to be equal to that period in time.
Wow, so they won't purchase iPhones because they're too secure? Good look getting your crappy Android phones hacked, idiots.