Comment by ViktorRay
13 days ago
You seem to be forgetting the time the Obama administration asked Apple to unlock a suspect’s iPhone and Apple refused.
13 days ago
You seem to be forgetting the time the Obama administration asked Apple to unlock a suspect’s iPhone and Apple refused.
That was before Tim Cook presented Donald Trump with a gold and glass plaque along with a Mac Pro.
We live in far different times these days. I have no doubt in my mind that Apple is complying 100% with every LE request coming their way (not only because of the above gesture, but because it's actually the law)
Apple’s lawyers were able to resist the Obama administration’s pressure.
American presidents are not dictators. The system has checks and balances and the courts decide. It doesn’t matter who the president is.
You are conflating two different things, however.
There is a fundamental difference between the executive branch "requesting" information and the judicial branch issuing a warrant/subpoena. In the former, it is perfectly legal for Apple to say piss off. In the latter, it is absolutely not.
The US Government issues National Security Letters to every tech company operating in the United States, and it is legally mandated that companies comply with these subpoenas. So if Apple or Microsoft receive an NSL, the US Government is going to get your information. This includes anything you've uploaded to iCloud and anything in your Microsoft account/OneDrive/Bitlocker recovery keys/etc.