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AppleInsider said:

Wray states "I just don't buy the claim that it's impossible."

Here we go again. AFAIK there has never ever been a "claim that it's impossible", ever.
It is  obviously  "NOT TECHNICALLY IMPOSSIBLE" as it has been done before and currently.
It is just simply "HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE" to keep the cat in the bag, or more precisely the KEY in the secret FBI bag. From SPAM to Identity theft to hacking to breaches, the human element is by far the weakest link in security. He is either an idiot or just the next in line after Comey to flout this same duplicitous and specious tripe to get their way.
I'll say it again, I want law enforcement to have the best tools possible but not by putting everybody at risk, and after all :

     A policeman’s job is only easy in a police state — A line from Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil.

Sorry about the caps, this revolving door just makes me dizzy and drives me nuts.

MplsP said:

Judging by the comments here, there are a lot of people who are worried about their stock values.

I wouldn't say worried. We're pretty inured to the ups and downs of all the WS trader shenanigans, it's just a healthy dose of cynicism as far as I'm concerned.

But … where else could a drop in demand possibly come from ?

Could it be that in the just finished year …

• the overall industry drooped 9 percent
• during quarter four, [Strategy Analytics] characterizes the precipitous decline as the "biggest annual fall in smartphone history."

Apple tops worldwide smartphone vendor list in Q4 amid industry contraction, report says

Or could it be that Samsung doesn't have or is not expecting great pre-orders or future sales for its upcoming new release ?
Nah, gotta be because of Apple and the obvious iPhone X failure.
There, that was easy. Hey our analysis is now done and we can start our weekend, yippee.

I'll bet the United Arab Emirates don't have the 100 $ limit that we have here in Canada. Obviously that's not on Apple but on our Big 5 Bank Cartel's trust issues or plain laziness to reprogram the POS terminals to have their NFC distinguish between a plain tap-to-pay card and a smartphone.

rogifan_new said:

Btw guidance of 60-62B would mean YOY revenue increase of 14-17% Wall Street’s 65B would be a 24% increase. I believe the last time Apple reported a YOY increase that high was the March 2015 quarter with 27%. What is Wall Street basing its 65B on?

They base it on their usual unrealistic guidance to fulfill their usual expectation for Apple to fail.