Reply to post: Re: Pandora's box

Apple fires legal salvo at FBI for using All Writs law in iPhone brouhaha

Cynical Observer

Re: Pandora's box

Who's next?

Well if the UK passes the Investigatory Powers Bill then it could be the UK in any one of three different approaches. - and you would never know about it as all of them include gagging components which would prevent Apple/<insert manufacturer of choice> from disclosing that they have been so ordered.

This from the team at the Electronic Frontier Federation......

The UK's Proposed Spy Law Would Force Apple to Secretly Hack its Phones Too

Much as I hate the walled garden that Apple has with its ecosystem, I have nothing but huge respect for the stand taken by Tim Cook and can only hope that the other technology companies continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

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