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y2an said:

Beats said:

The fact anyone can reverse engineer this is scary.

Anyone with the right (fairly advanced) skills can reverse engineer anything, given time and resources. 

Right. And the "anyone" you need to pay special attention to in this situation is the one who purports to be your benevolently patriarchal Uncle. And Uncle, in all his infinite wisdom, has continually asserted his influence on those you trust to keep your data, your information, your *life* yours — and in this case, the entity you have decided to trust, well that's Apple. 

Apple is the modern-day version of your locked bureau. And that locked bureau was clearly and unequivocally OFF LIMITS from Uncle.

When this provision was affirmed, it didn't matter if you had nothing to hide. You had the right to that locked bureau.

It didn't matter if you had the severed head of an innocent child in that bureau, either. You had an indisputable right to privacy from a prying Uncle's eyes except in VERY special circumstances.

It would have been preposterous if a bureau manufacturer had built a skeleton key and EULA for the piece of furniture which allowed them to inspect the contents of your bureau — as a neutral third party, of course — anytime they chose. It would have been even more unthinkable had the manufacturer's policy included a provision which allowed them to report the contents of your private papers and effects to Uncle should they deem them illicit. 

Now, how much do we need to worry about Uncle, and his wily ways of creeping on our privacy and autonomy? 

Well, seeing as how Uncle incarcerates more of its own fam, and spies on, invades the homes of, and bombs more innocent humans than any other patriarchal entity in the entire human race, I'd say it's a serious point of concern. And any person here or elsewhere dismissing this backdoor attempt to peek into your bureau as "not that big of a concern" has forgotten or been forever blind to the real risk this poses — and the consequences it brings — to civilized society. 

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