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Its more like: Can the FBI compel a safe deposit box maker to add a master key to all boxes so that they can open one when they need too.
by calgoo 11y ago
Its more like: Can the FBI compel a safe deposit box maker to add a master key to all boxes so that they can open one when they need too.
- lern_too_spel 11y agoIt's more like if the safe deposit maker already has a master key that is harder to use than a normal key but can still open the safe in a day, can a judge compel the safe deposit maker to use that key on the FBI's behalf?
- lygaret 11y agoEven that example's not quite right; it's the judge compelling the safe deposit maker to _give_ the key to the FBI, such that they can use it in perpetuity.
- empressplay 11y agoThe order explicitly states Apple will keep possession of the modified software at all times. Nobody would be "giving the key" to the FBI.
- st3v3r 11y agoNo, they don't.
- lern_too_spel 11y agoYes, they do, or the FBI wouldn't bother Apple with a request, and if the FBI sent a request anyway, Apple would say it is impossible. The FBI sent Apple a request, and Apple didn't say the request was impossible, so Apple has what amounts to a backdoor (really, a front door).
- reacweb 11y agoVery good analogy. We all know the fate of TSA keys.