Apple, and he, succeed and make humongous profits on the freedoms that we are afforded here.
The San Bernardino killers and their ilk are enemies of the US....they are bent on destroying our freedoms and everything we stand for.
It is an atrocity that Apple would allow these killers to continue their destruction of America.
Agree!!! Spot in, Liz!
So ... what?
Do you want Apple (et al.) to provide NSA with a back-door into their products?
If you want the NSA snooping around in your phone, feel free to give them your password.
The rest of us would prefer to keep our privacy.
“The San Bernardino killers and their ilk are enemies of the US....they are bent on destroying our freedoms and everything we stand for.”
You cannot give the US government the ability to spy on Americans. They cannot be trusted with it. The price we pay is to also deny them the ability to spy on terrorists.
These folks were already on the radar of the US government, yet they did nothing.
THAT is how you stop terrorists - by acting BEFORE they kill people, not by hacking their phones AFTER they kill people.
Our intelligence, and our law enforcement has become lazy. They rely on being able to track, hack and spy on people from the comfort of their chair. They do not wish to do actual work that requires getting out of a chair.
That is the biggest danger to the US, not unbreakable encryption.
Further, the ability to hack encryption means that the US bureaucracy will use that ability to influence decision makers though blackmail and other illegal means. I worry more about that than any terrorist.
So the lack of encryption is a bigger threat to the republic than terrorism, in my opinion.
If we ban Muslim immigration, we don’t have to worry about their iPhones.
NO !! WRONG !!
The atrocity is letting these subhumans into the US in the first place. Keep them out of our country and we don't need to give the government that caused the problem to begin with even more power to undermine we the people. "
“It is an atrocity that Apple would allow these killers to continue their destruction of America. “
I’m not buying it.
Apple knows the Fraud took over GM with no real opposition.
Hussein SPONSORS and protects muslim terrorists.
A phone call from ValJar could have easily convinced Apple to take this “patriotic” stance and further the Fraud’s mission against America.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
“Apple/s CEO Tim Cook better man up and understand he is a citizen of the USA....FIRST AND FOREMOST.
Apple, and he, succeed and make humongous profits on the freedoms that we are afforded here. “
BINGO
For those who have not been following internet security for the last 20 years, this is all about making sure that NO American can hide from the US Gov.
This is NOT about 911 as it really ramped up back in the ‘90s when Intel came up with an encryption solution which had no backdoor.
The MSM, NSA and State Dept went all-in attacking Intel’s plan that it was going to use it for their own personal gain.
This was a lie.
Right now, Apple iphone encryption is done in such a way that only the user has the keys.
Personal records already exist on the cell phone provider system who they called and when.
This is all about a shakedown of Apple to wire in an NSA backdoor...just like they did to Intel, Microsoft and Google.
My next cell phone will be an apple. Thanks, Tim for remembering that we have a 4th Amendment.
Stank weiner has spoken!!! (Cook)
Right on!
Being a very "progressive" organization, I would suspect that Apple already does help the government when it comes to the REAL terrorists (meaning Tea Party types, Republicans, etc.).
The FBI didn't even care about the terrorists' apartment, as evidenced by the press rummaging though it with evidence laying all over the place. I doubt the government wants to see what's in the phone.
I suspect that in return for Apple's continued cooperation with the Feds, they're playing out this little drama in such a public way to allow Apple to get the free publicity.
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."-- Ben Franklin
Here is what troubles me— that the San Bernardino ISIS lovers are both guilty as charged and quite dead, with the keys in reach, for tracking ISIS influence and saving American innocents.
Why would they not want to help in this already proven case? Their own family could be next. Is that what it takes to move them?
Also, could the “backdoor key” be controlled by Apple, and not passed around all over the government, where Apple can act in cooperation with the government, but also delay until the indisputable evidence is before them?
I get that they do not want a privileged goose chase authority laid in the hands of the government.
They may be bent on the destruction of our freedoms but, sadly, it is a cowardly American public who are succeeding on their behalf. Your post is exhibit A.
In matters of security vs freedom, I side with Freedom. There are other ways to catch the bad guys without giving the government and hackers access to my iPhone.
As of 2014, Apple had over one thousand H1B visa holders working for them at an average salary of $130,000+ each.
Only H1B visa caps prevent companies from hiring 100% Indians. (Cruz wants to increase the cap on H1B visas by 500,000 with no cap on China and India. TPA, fast tracking trade agreements, will remove all limits on workers immigrating into and working in signatory countries.)
Apple cannot be trusted. When a company hires an H1B, the company swears that they have 1) looked everywhere in America, and 2) cannot find anyone else qualified for the job. Seriously? (And this applies to all of the corporations who import H1B workers to take the "good" jobs from Americans and lie that no one in America is qualified.
I would say most Freepers, when it comes down to it, are Libertarian.
Spoken like a true anti-freedom, anti-constitution lover of over-extended government.
Some of us here still believe in a degree of privacy and security of our data.