tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post503102872063494471..comments2024-03-28T04:52:18.318-04:00Comments on Borepatch: A digital Berlin WallBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-53987834829610187212016-03-24T22:20:57.429-04:002016-03-24T22:20:57.429-04:00I've lost track of the current status of the c...I've lost track of the current status of the case, but I have been wondering: Is there also a 13th Amendment argument to be made here? The FBI is demanding what amounts to a very large amount of involuntary work from Apple, under threat of ruinous punishment, when Apple is not being accused of any crime.<br /><br />In other words, how much unwilling labor can the government demand of a non-criminal party, regardless of pay, before it becomes equivalent to "involuntary servitude"?Jake (formerly Riposte3)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02976718318892210404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-84132537150574835252016-03-21T22:28:55.574-04:002016-03-21T22:28:55.574-04:00I just read the the US Attorney has asked for a po...I just read the the US Attorney has asked for a postponement in tomorrow's hearing because an "outside party" has come forward with an idea of how to break into the phone. <br /><br />The cynic in me thinks that the "outside party" is a fiction that the FBI will use to cover for the NSA getting the data. Which, as you point out, is what most people think has already happened. <br /><br />EMS Artifacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823929263580444608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-4914503490570596042016-03-21T21:02:15.397-04:002016-03-21T21:02:15.397-04:00If this goes south this may be one of those nails ...If this goes south this may be one of those nails in the coffin that we all get to say tongue in cheek enjoy the decline of this civilization. This has nothing to do with national security as it as is .gov/alphabet seeing if it can crack one of the biggest capitalistic companies still on it's shores. (Though I wonder what the official score is of what candidates they shelled out to. Doubling down on irony would say they went in with the current administration that got them this but perhaps that's too perfect and me with my own twisted cynical mind.) Jesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973419641321027031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-54035190832782781822016-03-21T19:55:00.145-04:002016-03-21T19:55:00.145-04:00Apple is in a real jam - if their very best securi...<i>Apple is in a real jam - if their very best security developers simply refuse to break the iPhone's security (which is exactly what is being asked), then if Apple cooperates they will be forced to rely on the second (or third) string engineers.</i><br /><br />The ONLY ray of hope in that, is that Apple may discover the first string engineers might be not only willing to fix it (and any bugs that arise), but have all new incentive to make it better than the FBI/NSA could ever imagine in their worst collectivist nightmares.<br /><br />And go the extra mile and make those security/privacy improvements backward compatible, wherever possible.Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378629103793458871noreply@blogger.com