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entropys said:

Why does it matter who owns the hash list?
Point is the process has been created. The algorithm can simply pointed to any other hash list of photos (or data really) that Apple is made to do. By a despot, a State actor, the courts or whatever.  It won’t be able to say no if it creates the ability. 

Do not create the ability in the first place and Apple won’t be forced into trying to say no, and fail.

DAalseth said:

I mentioned on another article on the same subject earlier today that I’ve come around to agreeing with Right to Repair, to a plint. Our devices are for the most part boxes containing modules. A battery module, a motherboard module, a screen module and so forth. I agree with the article that it’s unlikely, indeed a bit silly, to demand schematics to allow people to do their own board level repairs. Almost no one is going to want to do that. On the other hand Apple and other’s insistence that the devices are sealed for your protection is too much as well.

If battery and screen replacements were easy and available at more 3rd party shops, then I suspect most of this Right to Repair hoopla would die away. Anything above that should go to Apple, but that would cover the vast majority of repairs people want. 

tmay said:

tzeshan said:

techconc said:

GeorgeBMac said:

The answer is simple:   End the silly, hateful, vindictive trade war with China cleverly disguised as "National Security".

You can't shutter chip factories and limit production in other less direct ways -- and THEN whine about lack of production!

....  That's silly and childish.

For starters, it seems odd that you feel the need to quote the entire article in order to make a point.

Further, there are legitimate issues that need to be addressed here.  

1. You seem to ignore the genocide issue.
2. You seem to ignore the $67 Billion trade deficit we have with China.
3. You seem to ignore the examples of hardware back doors found in Chinese hardware and why it's valid not to trust Chinese equipment for critical infrastructure, etc.

On top of that, you seem to take comedian, Bill Maher, as a valid source of political information.  Enough said.

1. There is no genocide. It is only an accusation with no proven facts.
2. US has deficits with numerous nations in the world. China has a population of 1.4 billion. This amount of deficit is actually smaller than many nations per capita.
3. First, the hardware backdoor has never been verified. It is only an accusation with no proven facts.  Second, US hardware has backdoors since the beginning. It just has never been publicized until Snowden. And Snowden is been accused as a traitor. Why? 

The United Front Work Party speaks thru tzeshan; again, and again, and again.

1. The Chinese Government will never allow independent investigation, so your point is absolute bullshit. There were official papers leaked in China that were linked to forced labor in the Xinjiang region. These are available to the world:

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/02/asia/xinjiang-china-karakax-document-intl-hnk/ ;

Most of the information on this has come through national technical means, satellites, and eavesdropping, plus first hand anecdotal evidence. China was a signatory on U.N. Genocide Convention, which they are in breach of. I believe China should be punished for Genocide against its minorities. 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/09/chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-breaches-un-genocide-convention-finds-landmark-report


2. The U.S. deficit with China runs about $500 Billion a year, and for the record, there is no metric for deficit per capita; it's just deficit. The U.S. Government has an obligation to manage that deficit, and there is likely legislation being initiated for re-homing and re-sourcing many industries that are currently in China. The largest deficit with any of our trading partners is with China.

3. The U.S. has intelligence operations going on worldwide and most of those are in connection with our allies. That the U.S. has allowed shipment of equipment with backdoors to various countries that are acknowledged enemies of the U.S. was well known prior to Snowden. Given that China has also been caught doing the same, it is only prudent to block items that are a risk to U.S. citizens or a risk to National Security.

I consider Snowden a traitor. Others do not.

He lives in Russia, so he has made his bed.

You aren't very sophisticated at propaganda. 

jeffythequick said:

So, the argument is, "You must feed user information to us without restriction."

Hey FB, why not make your own phone?  All the cool kids are doing it.