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Originally Posted by gnadfly
Pssst. Not all IT firms and contractors are created equal.
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I know! That's why the Feds contract with just certain ones, who also have the credentials to testify if necessary to prove their results, and who are "shipped" around the country "as needed, on call" to assist with extracting data from computers. And there is a distinction between the government refusing assistance and the government demanding assistance when "motive" is involved.
Apple will have to make a showing their "proprietary interest" is greater than the "national security interest," AND there are no alternatives to protect their alleged "proprietary interests" other than refusing to provide the "key" to unlocking the information vault in the phone.
If the "issue" is providing the government with a "carte blanche" program for unscrambling all encryptions now and into the future on Apple phones, I would say that won't happen in the long run, and I would oppose it. But what may be the result is a Federal statute prohibiting the manufacture, sale, use, and/or possession of phones in the U.S. in which there is an encrypted data base.
The government has successfully "censored" certain items and/or restricted certain "offending" versions of items in the interest of "public safety," whether the item is a consumable or a weapon .. in face of a "constitutional" challenge.
Like I said before the "defense" is to keep your vulnerable technology tools sanitized and safe for you, and don't store or keep shit on them you don't want the government (or any of those folks) to seize and/or examine. Just remember the ONLY remedy for an "illegal" seizure is the government being prohibited from using it against you as evidence in a prosecution for an offense AGAINST YOU. What do you think happens if the accused takes the stand and testifies contrary to the illegally seized data .... like denying he had any such data on "my phone"?
Anyone notice the Feds want help recovering data on an iPhone but
