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Wow, how gullible you are. It's obviously Apple and FBI are actually best buddies and this was just a PR move to sell more iPhones. Wake up, sheeple. /s Seriou
by smnscu 10y ago
Wow, how gullible you are. It's obviously Apple and FBI are actually best buddies and this was just a PR move to sell more iPhones. Wake up, sheeple. /s
Seriously, the cynicism in this thread is deplorable even for HN standards.
- piyush_soni 10y agoLanguage aside, the cynicism might not be entirely invalid too. It might be naive to believe any one side of the two (i.e., entirely PR, or entirely for 'the greater public good')
- LoSboccacc 10y agoEh you know right that TC was more thaneager to comply if FBI had issued the request privately? All the thing was a PR show from both sides.
- nicky0 10y agoYour source for this allegation?
- LoSboccacc 10y agoall trace back to this http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/technology/how-tim-cook-became-a-bulwark-for-digital-privacy.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/technology/how-tim-cook-be... "Apple had asked the F.B.I. to issue its application for the tool under seal. But the government made it public, prompting Mr. Cook to go into bunker mode to draft a response, according to people privy to the discussions, who spoke on condition of anonymity."
- nicky0 10y agoWe don't know if he would have agreed.
- st3v3r 10y agoNo.