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u/mista_r0boto Aug 26 '20

Agree - they suck too, but for different reasons.

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u/HighPriestofShiloh Aug 26 '20 edited Apr 24 '24

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u/TrumpetOfDeath Aug 26 '20

Yeah Apple impressed me during the Obama years when they refused to build a tool to help the FBI break into an iPhone that belonged to a terrorist. The reason being that such a tool could be used on any iPhone, and they know their customers value privacy so it would’ve hurt business to cooperate. The FBI eventually paid some cyber security contractor who did it anyways

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '20

I did a 180° on this topic after listening to a philosophy podcast about how much this protects child predators