Apple Responds to FBI Backdoor Order in Effort to Save PR

[EvanFaggart]

Apple is no stranger to handing over its users’ sensitive data to government – they went live on the NSA’s PRISM program back in late 2012, stated in their TOS and EULA documents that there should be expectation of privacy while using their services, and follow the common industry practice of handing over sensitive information they have on file with the issuance of a warrant. So the decision to reject a court ordered backdoor that would allow brute force decryption of their phones, accompanied by an open letter to Apple customers from CEO Tim Cook explaining their stance on the matter, has come as a surprise to many.

http://bitcoinist.net/apple-responds-fb ... t-save-pr/

[iFixBTCmemoryIssues]

Apple is no stranger to handing over its users’ sensitive data to government – they went live on the NSA’s PRISM program back in late 2012, stated in their TOS and EULA documents that there should be expectation of privacy while using their services, and follow the common industry practice of handing over sensitive information they have on file with the issuance of a warrant. So the decision to reject a court ordered backdoor that would allow brute force decryption of their phones, accompanied by an open letter to Apple customers from CEO Tim Cook explaining their stance on the matter, has come as a surprise to many.

http://bitcoinist.net/apple-responds-fb ... t-save-pr/

I am surprised that they "need" Apple to do this for them.

[arnoudk]

Apple is no stranger to handing over its users’ sensitive data to government – they went live on the NSA’s PRISM program back in late 2012, stated in their TOS and EULA documents that there should be expectation of privacy while using their services, and follow the common industry practice of handing over sensitive information they have on file with the issuance of a warrant. So the decision to reject a court ordered backdoor that would allow brute force decryption of their phones, accompanied by an open letter to Apple customers from CEO Tim Cook explaining their stance on the matter, has come as a surprise to many.

http://bitcoinist.net/apple-responds-fb ... t-save-pr/

I am surprised that they "need" Apple to do this for them.

Indeed. Either we are all (ok: most people) mass-hallucinating regarding the NSA's superb technical capabilities while in fact they are not so advanced, or they already can but want to keep up appearances for some reason.