dasanman69

ed c said:

Sign my petition to lock up Tim Cook for obstructing justice and contempt of court. And inform Apples lawyer this isnt about encryption its about bypassing the password safety feature to wipe out your drive if more than ten attempts are made with the wrong password. Get past that any cracking program could defeat apples encryption .I wonder howmany former apple customers had their kids gget a hold of their phones and try the password until the phone automattically wiped out the drive. I know i would be pissed if that happened. There is no information the average consumer stores on their phones that needs that much security that murder investigators cant get at

RickD0514 said:

Since when does a company or person get to say "no" to the government just because they disagree with the request?
Apparently Apple thinks they are above the law and that their business proposition is more valuable than other people's lives.  Throw Cook in jail for his refusal to comply ... and also for good measure, for being self-absorbed and narcissistic.

Soli said:

dasanman69 said:

You know better than just because something is the law it doesn't make it just. I also don't know why you're so focused on sales being the defining point. If laws against homosexuality is wrong in one place it should be wrong in all places. 

I'm not sure what your point is. Are you saying that if Michigan passes a law that says, let's say not sodomy, that Apple would stop selling their products in Michigan, even though they still sell them in countries with anti-sodomy laws? Well guess what, Michigan did just that, and Apple is still selling products there. Don't conflate business with a a desire of enlightened men wanting the world be less frightened of shadows on a cave wall. You can hate homosexuals and still buy a Mac… because Apple is tolerance of those people's rights to rally against the gays, who then go home to angrily beat off to gay porn.

Soli said:

"For example our CEO bashed state-level religious freedom laws as anti-homosexual bigotry saying, 'Apple is open. Open to everyone, regardless of where they come from, what they look like, how they worship or who they love. Regardless of what the law might allow in Indiana or Arkansas, we will never tolerate discrimination,'" the group says. "Yet, according to the Washington Post, Apple has a presence in 17 countries where homosexual acts are illegal. In four of those nations, homosexual acts are punishable by death. These company operations are inconsistent with Apple's values as extolled by our CEO."

And? Apple is open to everyone in those countries, too. Has Apple stated or made any move to not sell to bigots in US, but will sell to bigots in those other countries? Of course not.

anantksundaram said:

dasanman69 said:

Did you misread?

Perhaps I did. Clarify?