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Warren DeMontague

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10. Doubt it. And it was never about what was on this particular phone, anyway.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 08:43 PM

Mar 2016

They wanted to use "terror" as an excuse to set a precedent for cracking into the hundreds of phones they have sitting around of people arrested for ridiculous, minor shit like pot smoking.

Same as the patriot act- its really about the ever-lucrative $$$$DRUG WAR$$$$$$

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I think Apple could have been the "secret phone decoder" for the FBI [View all] Stinky The Clown Mar 2016 OP

Except not... An Israeli company, Cellebrite, did the deed... targetpractice Mar 2016 #1

The FBI already had a contract with the Israeli company and have used them several times. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #2

The real story is that it isn't that difficult to do. BillZBubb Mar 2016 #3

So this whole theory nichomachus Mar 2016 #4

Does that bother you? Stinky The Clown Mar 2016 #5

DU should be about more than CTs. HuckleB Mar 2016 #9

I think the Feds are lying that they got their data. And if they did I hope apple fixes it. nt Logical Mar 2016 #6

First we are talking about an Apple 5... Ellipsis Mar 2016 #7

CT! HuckleB Mar 2016 #8

Doubt it. And it was never about what was on this particular phone, anyway. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #10