"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Government Can't Let Smartphones Be `Black Boxes,' Obama Says
Submitted by KenK on Fri, 2016-03-18 00:00
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"President Barack Obama said ... that smartphones -- like the iPhone the FBI is trying to force Apple Inc. to help it hack -- can’t be allowed to be 'black boxes,' inaccessible to the government. The technology industry, he said, should work with the government.." Boo hiss.
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It's always those who have encrypted phones (paid for & maintained by US gov IT people) who bitch the loudest about how us peasants don't "need" communications privacy cuz terrorism, human trafficking, etc.