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They aren't being coaxed or coerced. If they were forced-- or even incentivized-- by the government to perform these searches than they'd be subject to the fou
by nullc 5y ago
They aren't being coaxed or coerced. If they were forced-- or even incentivized-- by the government to perform these searches than they'd be subject to the fourth amendment protecting against warrantless searches.
Apple is engaging in this activity of their own free will for sake of their own commercial gain and are not being incentivized or coerced by the government in any way.
As such, the warrantless search of the customer data is lawful by virtue of the customer's agreements with Apple.
- azinman2 5y ago> Apple is engaging in this activity of their own free will for sake of their own commercial gain What's the commercial gain?
- slg 5y agoThis will likely be paired with the rollout of full encryption for iCloud and they will sell the entire thing as a pro-privacy move.
- ninkendo 5y agoThat would appear to have backfired.
- sethammons 5y agoMore access to markets subject to totalitarian regimes
- azinman2 5y agoI'm assuming you're kidding here, but if you look at the list of countries already selling/supporting iPhones, what's not on the US export ban list that's a totalitarian regime? https://www.apple.com/iphone/cellular/ https://www.apple.com/iphone/cellular/
- stjohnswarts 5y agoChina is obviously the big one as is Russia.
- azinman2 5y agoBut they’re already in both countries.
- thombee 5y agoWhy can't they provide this feature to these regimes? Why do they implement it in the USA then? Seems like a roundabout way to go about it lol
- nullc 5y agoNot being identified as the go-to platform for kiddy porn collectors.
- dannyw 5y agoThe commercial gain can be "don't break us up under antitrust law". Apple is basically saying to governments: see our walled garden? The more you allow us to wall it, the more we can help you oppress your citizens.
- 3grdlurker 5y ago> Apple is engaging in this activity of their own free will for sake of their own commercial gain and are not being incentivized or coerced by the government in any way. Honest question: how do you know this, for sure? Or is your comment supposed to be read as an allegation phrased as fact?