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Does Apple get to bill the FBI for the time that their engineers and legal department will be busy on this request?
by blakecaldwell 11y ago
Does Apple get to bill the FBI for the time that their engineers and legal department will be busy on this request?
- savoytruffle 11y agoYes. In the court order section 5 (on line 8 of page 3) "Apple shall advise the government of the reasonable cost of providing this service." Perhaps only engineering resources. (it's always gonna be a big legal hassle)
- bb88 11y agoA reasonable cost may still be $150 to $200 per hour. Engineering time charged to a third party is never cheap.
- Joof 11y agoYeah. This may end up costing a huge amount with no results. Apple (and it's employees) doesn't have much incentive to crack the device although someone might be curious and use this as a good time to look for security holes on the government's dime.