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posted by janrinok on Thursday January 16 2020, @09:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the I'll-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours dept.

Trump launches fresh attack on Apple over privacy:

US President Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on Apple.

He tweeted that the company was refusing to unlock iPhones "used by killers, drug dealers and other violent criminal elements".

On Monday US Attorney General William Barr accused Apple of not being helpful in an inquiry into a shooting that is being treated as a terrorist act.

It is the latest in a series of clashes between the White House and technology giants over access to data.

Mr Trump accused Apple of refusing to co-operate with investigators despite his administration helping the company on trade and other issues.

The president's comments came a day after Mr Barr said Apple had failed to provide "substantive assistance" to unlock two iPhones in an investigation into a fatal shooting at a naval base in Pensacola, Florida.

Also at CNET


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @10:05AM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @10:05AM (#943941)

    As we have been telling you, Trump is and always has been a democrat in favor of big overbearing government.

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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @10:07AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @10:07AM (#943942)

    Now here come the fake TDS shills like deathmonkey (who are consistently wrong about every single thing) to do their best to convince me to vote for Trump.

  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Thursday January 16 2020, @12:25PM (4 children)

    by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Thursday January 16 2020, @12:25PM (#943956)

    Because you think republicans aren't in favor of big overbearing government? How cute...

    Hint: all of them are in favor of controlling the populace any which way they can.

    • (Score: 1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @02:43PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @02:43PM (#943984)

      Not Ron Paul. He said he chose republican because they at least still pay lip service to the constitution and freedom. But yeah, most of these people are in the same gang (Romney, Kerry, Pelosi, Biden).

      • (Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Thursday January 16 2020, @04:37PM (2 children)

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday January 16 2020, @04:37PM (#944082) Journal

        So Republicans "paying lip service" (aka "lying") makes it okay.

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        People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
        • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @04:40PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @04:40PM (#944087)

          Where do you see that? I have never voted for a republican or democrat in my life, and never will. So if you are reading that into my post it is your own projection.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @07:03PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @07:03PM (#944159)

          and nobody said it was ok, not even ron paul. why don't you pull your head out of your ass?