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Constitution applies between the government and you. Apple is not (knowingly) a government agency, they're a private business. Therefore the amendment doesn't a
by PenguinCoder 5y ago
Constitution applies between the government and you. Apple is not (knowingly) a government agency, they're a private business. Therefore the amendment doesn't apply to their actions. Vote with the wallet instead.
- JohnJamesRambo 5y agoYes that’s true but I assume this program is working closely with the government. I could care less about child abuser protection but history shows us that it is a very short maybe non-existent slope from “protecting the kids” to whatever overstep a government organization wants to take. I wouldn’t care nearly as much about Apple scanning my phone it’s about who is pulling those strings they are working with and in America they are (or should be!) bound by the Constitution. I can only imagine the obliteration of rights that will happen in other places. Imagine a Hong Kong protestor with this program on their phone. We’ve got to do everything we can to keep George Orwell’s quote from coming true- “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”