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cnocbui said:

boltsfan17 said:

Google's silence tells you where they stand on the issue of security. 

Google pulled out of China rather than cave into the Chinese government and censor search, and also in protest at the Chinese government's hacking of their services like Gmail.  Apple has tolerated every single thing the Chinese government have done or demanded to compromise the security of users in China, like the poisoned Xcode, faking the iCloud server and harvesting users logins, hosting all user data in China with the nod-nod - wink-wink fully encrypted data that is in plain form en-route to the server so the Chinese just have to harvest it all before it is encrypted, etc etc.

What absolute bullshit! You have no idea what you are talking about.

Shhhh! Let's just let them implode... Sweet revenge aimed at Google...

teaearlegreyhot said:

If Apple expects to sell automobiles which have similar "security" features, so that only authorized repair shops can do engine work, reset computers and sensors, maybe even top off the wiper fluid.... they won't be selling any such cars to me.  #GetMeThatSamsungCar

Bad analogy. This is about repairing or replacing security features on your iPhone. This is no different than if you need to replace the electronic ignition keys for your BMW, Mercedes, Audi etc. These are programmed security devices and can only be obtained through the manufacturer or authorized auto dealers, and even then the dealer needs to send away for them from a special unit that is solely responsible for programming and verifying them based on vehicle ID.

lkrupp said:

SpamSandwich said:

For encryption to protect anyone, it must protect everyone.

Yeah, well there’s a difference between you protecting your drunken orgy photos and a pedophile protecting the photos of abuse of a three year old child isn’t there. And for those who are always screaming about the Fourth Amendment try reading it sometime. It has an intentional back door that the founding fathers put there so legitimate, legal search and seizure can take place.

So before cellphones, how in the world did law enforcement do their job???? Oh, that's right, they used the resources they had! We spend BILLIONS of dollars every year on national security - let them do their jobs with what they already have. It's that simple. We DO NOT need to give them access to our information whenever they ask for it. We should be able to fully and securely protect our personal information. And please quit using the scare tactic of finding pedophiles as the reason law enforcement should have total access to our data. We do not live, thankfully, in an "any means necessary" society. If that's what you want, I'd be happy to point you to a couple places in other parts of the world that should meet your criteria.

"has just 800,000 subscribers"... Really? Just? Not knowing the split with Apple hard to say what their actual take is but that's $144,000,000 in annual revenue being generated! That deserves greater recognition than "just", especially as a new income stream.