02-18-2016, 05:07 PM
(02-18-2016, 04:52 PM)Benton Wrote: I've said before, I disagree with mandating they build in back doors, or mandating developers develop ways to make their product more user-friendly to government agencies.
But if the ability is already there — even if Apple isn't public about it, which is what sounds like what's going on — then, there's no mandate. It's something that already exists.
The only thing they can do is make it hackable based on the information now about the iOS being update able . The actual order is interesting as well, because Apple originally refused on the grounds it put too much of a burden on the company making the request unreasonable. Sounds like they are going to fight it under those grounds, which makes sense as writing a whole new set of code for a single device seems excessive.
