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  • Video: John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' sides with Apple in encryption debate

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    observer1 said:
    Sign the Whitehouse petition here:
    https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/apple-privacy-petition

    Hurry, there are currently 23,000 signatures. 100,000 are needed by March 18 to require a Whitehouse response.
    The title of the petition is: 

    Halt efforts that compel Apple and other device makers to create a "backdoor" for the Government to access citizens data

    Sure, they will respond if you get enough signatures. Their response? "Apple is helping terrorists. It's just one phone! You can destroy the backdoor after we use it. Apple has billions and billions and doesn't pay their taxes - they can afford this. Did we mention the children that will be saved by this?"
    SpamSandwich

  • Government says Apple arguments in encryption case a 'diversion,' presents point-by-point rebuttal

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    JeffA2 said:
    As for valid warrant -- how else would you have a civil society decide the rights and limits of search by the state? Are you seriously suggesting that we do away with warrants and judicial review? Replaced by what? This is the best system we (and British Common Law) have.


    Are you saying that if Apple doesn't crack this phone, warrants and judicial review go away?
    Get a valid warrant to unburn a document, see how far that gets you - even if you get the paper company on board.
    icoco3baconstang

  • US Attorney General Loretta Lynch talks iPhone encryption case with Stephen Colbert

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    "We don't comment on ongoing investigations - except the iPhone one... that one we need to tell everyone about because we want the SECURITY OF THE CHILDREN!"
    You can see her tell when she knows that she is lying - she looks down and to the right.
    radarthekatlostkiwi

  • California Assembly considers bill to mandate encryption backdoors

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    razormaid said:
    There's a quick way to stop this bill... Apple should announce the iPhone will not be sold in California Apple stores and available ONLY by the Internet. The phones will be sold from Arizona only!  That should piss off enough people to start protests from the public. Have giant banners made and slap them on those pretty glass doors at each store nice and big:

    STARTTING JAN 2017 IPHONES WILL NOT BE SOLD IN CALIFORNIA - CONTACT YOUR ASSEMBY PERSON NOW!

    Common sense is loosing to stupid in this case. So hit California where they can truly appreciate it ... In their wallet!
    No, they should just mark up the price on iPhones sold in California by $2500.
    icoco3nousersmalmrazorpiturahara

  • Early reviews peg Samsung's Galaxy S7 as a serious contender for best smartphone

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    derrickdoingit said:
    sog35 said:

    Nope. Just proving my point that mostly the uneducated buy 'high end' Samsung phones.

    Its almost like someone paying $70k to buy a Hyundai instead of a BMW or Merc.  Yes there are $70k Hyundai's for sale.
    What exactly are you buying when you buy a BMW over a Hyundai? In technology I can understand choosing iPhone over Android because the cost is not all that different, and the performance is enough for most users.

    However buying a vehicle that you can only drive the speed limit (or get a ticket), has awful technology implementations, and overall is only meant to get you from point a to b, I just don't see why someone would spend thousands of dollars more for basically the same thing, only prettier.

    The most likely reason I can think of is people want to show off they have money, which I guess it's fine, but the for a rich person to make an investment decision that has such awful ROI, it's pretty comical.
    You see transportation as that - transportation. It's not the journey, it's the destination.
    There are others that see the journey as the fun part.
    I have a Porsche Cayenne Turbo. 500 HP, 500 foot pounds of torque. I don't need it just to get me somewhere, I need it to be enjoyable.
    It's not about showing off. Maybe you are impressed with how much a car costs, but not everyone is like that.


    Some people are fine with any phone. It just needs to do what I want. Some want the experience of an iPhone.
    magman1979jony0ai46radarthekat