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> wanted to rally the public Source? Preferably the press release in question. It's FBI who was pushing the polemic, and that's the same polemic you are now p
by duaneb 11y ago
> wanted to rally the public
Source? Preferably the press release in question.
It's FBI who was pushing the polemic, and that's the same polemic you are now pushing.
Also, this isn't a show. These are legitimate privacy concerns that require active protection. The FBI is hardly in the business of protecting information from hackers. If they were, they probably wouldn't need Apple's help in the first place to penetrate their security. They simply don't have the expertise.
Again, I'd like to point out that it was the FBI who took to the PR stand to address the public directly in a political manner.
- Pyxl101 11y agoAllegedly Apple wanted this request from the FBI to stay under seal, and it was the FBI who pushed to make it public. If that's the case, then it may have indeed been the FBI not Apple who turned this into a PR situation.
- billions 11y agoSomebody inside the FBI was greedy for a raise and took the risk to try to take a bite out of the Apple. I doubt they got demoted or took a salary hit. The career upside for the individuals involved would have been huge. Perhaps they believed in their anti-terrorist cause but no more than an Apple employee proud to build the next version of iTunes.