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Comment by GeekyBear

1 day ago

This has already happened, and Apple did fight it in the US courts.

Eventually the US government withdrew their demand.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93FBI_encryption...

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autoexec  20 hours ago

It's worth pointing out that just because the FBI didn't have the access they wanted, it doesn't mean that other agencies don't, or that the FBI couldn't get the data they wanted by other means (which was exactly what they ended up doing in that specific case). It just means that they wanted Apple to make it easier for them to get the data.

It's good that Apple refused them, but I wouldn't count that as evidence that the data is secure from the US government.

  • GeekyBear  15 hours ago

    It's also worth noting that the US courts have long held that computer code is speech.

    Apple's legal argument that the government's demand that they insert a backdoor into iOS was tantamount to compelled speech (in violation of the first amendment) was going over a little too well in court.

    The Feds will often find an excuse to drop cases that would set a precedent they want to avoid.