If you think this is an end to the story of the San Bernardino iPhone, be prepared for further surprises. It’s not done yet.
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Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo together have a lot of clout. More than the UK government?
One iPhone to unlock or hundreds? And what about all those expensive UFEDs, which are designed to do just that?
Instead of users being pawns in the game played by politicians against Apple, Apple could step aside and leave the politicians to deal with users direct.
Has your blog just ‘joined’ Apple News? Apparently Apple has now opened its aggregation service to all-comers at last.
Our politicians are busy playing unintended consequences again.
Compare the approaches to privacy in medical research with those in commercial marketing.
Much of our data protection and privacy law dates from the last century. Instead of breaking privacy down, politicians should be protecting it better.
For once, Apple’s stand could be broken by forthcoming UK legislation, in the form of the Investigatory Powers Bill.
The brave boys and girls who run Apple support are now on Twitter – and answering questions every 20 seconds or so.
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