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In reply to the discussion: If the FBI gets into the "terrorist's" iPhone, they'll get into yours [View all]Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)64. Theres a lot of people posting here that need to help the Bundy's
They all have a very deep fear of the government.
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If the FBI gets into the "terrorist's" iPhone, they'll get into yours [View all]
NightWatcher
Feb 2016
OP
All my texts telling my wife where I dropped off the car! All my Instagrams of craft cocktails!
alcibiades_mystery
Feb 2016
#3
Amazing, isn't it? Especially cuz these "tools to keep us safe" end up being used for the drug war
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#80
Hyperbole much? Do they 'get into' your bank & financial records? Do they tap your phone?
randome
Feb 2016
#4
With a person's phone, they can get into your bank, financial and health records.
X_Digger
Feb 2016
#19
We know the NSA fed spy data on US Citizens to the DEA to facilitate arrests of drug users.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#97
Apple wants to be able to compete in selling its products with similar products that can or could
JDPriestly
Feb 2016
#101
Putting aside for a moment whether the FBI would abuse this (I believe the answer is yes)
IDemo
Feb 2016
#9
I don't worry, because I believe that I am safe, that you are safe, and that the people you don't
Glassunion
Feb 2016
#30
I would not call their approach a "back door" that can be unlocked with a universal key
True Earthling
Feb 2016
#43
Those who would give up a little liberty for the illusion of security deserve neither. n/t
X_Digger
Feb 2016
#20
What about potential maps and notes made on the phone that did not go through an ISP?
randome
Feb 2016
#33
Apple offered to talk about it under a secret court order, the FBI refused and went public
LiberalArkie
Feb 2016
#55
They might get a picture of their kid or something like that. but the main thing is to
LiberalArkie
Feb 2016
#57
Yeah, and just like the patriot act, we can trust them that they only want this special power to go
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#63
Too right. And the "If you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to hide" folks
GoneOffShore
Feb 2016
#13
Then I'm sure you wouldn't mind having a government agent watch you take a piss.
backscatter712
Feb 2016
#39
From what I read, the feds want to get data from a phone they have in their custody
GummyBearz
Feb 2016
#17
I agree fearmongering is not the way to persuade or influence people's minds..however...
True Earthling
Feb 2016
#21
A large corporation like Apple no doubt has a large legal team that includes developers.
randome
Feb 2016
#47
Apple was warned early on that this would create law enforcement and security issues.
randome
Feb 2016
#85
No, even a massive corporation like Apple shouldn't have to kowtow to any government.
randome
Feb 2016
#90
odd that a pharmacist who refuses to fill a BC prescription has the right of "conscience" to refuse
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#62
I would submit both have an ironclad right to refuse being forced into labor.
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#65
All it would take would be for the government to invent a licensing law for coders and your
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#68
Well I do think pharmacies are a state-regulated business for a reason.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#71
I'm all for OTC birth control but I can't support "state license = state agent."
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#106
They ask for the powers to "fight terror" and then use them to arrest pot smokers.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#61
Right, all those people sitting in prison for smoking pot should have known better.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#74
The point of the article is that the blanket NSA surveillance information- itself illegal
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#78
bottom line in the context of the FBI, etc, they have given very little reason for people to trust
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#104
Rule #1. Never put anything on your phone or computer that you don't want known.
hobbit709
Feb 2016
#83
If the government has a valid warrant it has a right to the content of your encrypted phone
Sam_Fields
Feb 2016
#94