drop_and_run @ drop_and_run @sh.itjust.works Posts 0Comments 27Joined 2 days ago
My recollection was erroneous, as I can't (easily) find evidence of them rolling over. But the devices in question still got unlocked, so in the end it didn't matter whether Apple (openly or surreptitiously) cooperated.
American citizenship is not a universal Human Right. At least that's what most Americans believe.
As long as the country purports to be democratic, their views ought to be respected, however fringe they may seem by some standards.
Is anybody really crying for an IRS employee?
It's a good thing Musk wasn't elected.
Say what you will about Trump's implementations, but solving illegal immigration has been acknowledged as an important goal on both sides of the aisle for decades.
He hasn't shied from the challenge, and for better or worse he's certainly not lacking in earnestness.
Troubling precedent, but I expect no one used this anyways. Anybody who needs this would be smart enough to know not to trust so proprietary a device and service.
Given how readily Apple has rolled over for law enforcement in the past loudly Apple has opposed working with law enforcement in the past, only for devices to be magically unlocked anyways, this is (probably) just security theater.
FDR got four terms, even after putting 120,000 American citizens in literal concentration camps. Nothing should surprise us at this point.