> Broadly speaking, this indicates that there needs to be a mechanism to bind your IRL identity to your digital identity and your device(s) The link between di

> Broadly speaking, this indicates that there needs to be a mechanism to bind your IRL identity to your digital identity and your device(s) The link between digital identity and device ownership would have been sufficient to prevent this situation without involving IRL identity. The author had a chance to establish that link, but chose not to. I enjoy Apple's services, but I can understand why someone wouldn't want their computer phoning home to a big tech company all the time. It's pretty difficult to understand why someone who doesn't want their device phoning home to Apple, would be OK with their device phoning home to the government?