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The author’s hypothesis of how the FBI discussion happened is naive, seeming almost like a straw man. Here’s what happened — Apple and FBI have been locked in c
by banku_brougham 7y ago
The author’s hypothesis of how the FBI discussion happened is naive, seeming almost like a straw man. Here’s what happened — Apple and FBI have been locked in combat for years over this issue. Surely they’ve been served with National Security letters, and had the full weight of the government pressing on them.
Apple was forced to compromise, and iCloud is pretty much everything.
- machello13 7y agoI think you mistook his point. He's not arguing that Apple didn't acquiesce to the FBI, he's just pointing out how ridiculous the idea is that Apple reached out to the FBI to discuss future product plans (which is what Reuters says happened).