...[ ]....Now this act (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Writs_Act) basically gives the FBI the power to do pretty much anything it wants provided that it is "agreeable to the usages and principles of law"... which is pretty vague and being used by the FBI to basically mean "whatever the F*** we want"...
Yes it could be. But, one warrant, one phone, I believe is a reasonable solution. "Trade secrets" are common law privacy privileged, and as such, the means and methodology of unlocking an iPhone, should and must, remain with Apple
Think about what a dangerous step this is if it is allowed to proceed.... Basically, the FBI will be able to do pretty much anything it wants to because they are the ones who "use the law"....
I'm glad to see them doing something, anything, in lieu of arresting grandmothers for downloading copyrighted music
It's kind of funny, that of all people, YOU are actually siding with the government here... yet you're the one who's convinced that MS is plotting to steal all of your private information... I'd be FAR more concerned with this case than upgrading from Windows XP....
I can't fathom any dissonance or paradox in my opinion. In the case of M$ collecting data, I haven't done anything wrong. Therefore there should be no warrant issued for my data. M$ is going to collect it, whether I allow it or not. There is a different paradigm in operation. The only "worst case" way these wildly different scenarios, slash "paranoid fantasies" could align, is if the FBI came along with a warrant for the telemetry of every copy of Windows 10 issued. Which is as unlikely as them issuing a warrant for every cell phone in existence, as a "prophylactic" against future crime.
If "1984" is going to happen, it's going to happen. Today's 1st world governments are far too sophisticated , and well armed, to summarily decide to engage them in a revolution. And somewhat reluctantly, I'm going to include the Canadian government in that assessment.
As far as your preliminary comment, of intelligent people are siding with you goes, perhaps so. But many of those individuals have business interests at heart also. So, retaining the public trust is the issue of most gravitas there, regardless of how they might score on an IQ test. In short, they're telling you exactly what they know you want to hear.
Plus, all of them, especially Google and Apple, are getting a crap load of glowing free publicity, for doing so. I might add, free publicity, which would cost you or I an arm and a leg, were we to purchase it from Google. One net result? Public opinions formed thus, "goddammit, my next phone, is going to be an iPhone, because they didn't give in to the fed and open that phone". See how that works?
A far as it goes, you're just as likely to get an unbiased opinion, with no self interest at heart, by asking any given question to an ACLU lawyer, or Al Sharpton.
Where Google's CEO and Google itself is concerned, that company is the worst invasion of privacy since the Spanish Inquisition.. And I don't really condone or believe the idea that, "we're sort of reading your email, and sort of not reading your email". All I know is, if I buy something from one of my normal suppliers, the next thing I know, people are crawling all over the top of my Gmail page, trying to sell me the same damned thing or something from the same damned product category.