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Traubenfuchsyesterday at 3:30 PM4 repliesview on HN

You must accept that 3 letter agencies have full root access to any Tim Apple or Google device and will use it if they already went far enough to do an FBI raid on a reporter.


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snowwrestleryesterday at 3:51 PM

I don’t have to accept any assertion in the absence of evidence directly supporting it.

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fwipyesterday at 4:07 PM

Counterpoint - if they have full root access to any phone, why did they need to do the raid?

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HumblyTossedyesterday at 3:31 PM

This isn't hyperbole. They literally went to the king with gold in hands. There's no WAY they didn't open up their platforms to him.

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embedding-shapeyesterday at 3:40 PM

I'm afraid Snowden was so long time ago, that the most vocal people don't even seemingly know about it, so yet again, we're in a period of time where assuming Apple/Google has full access to anything you do on your device, is seen as conspiracy theories. People seem to forget the past so damn quick, it's a wonder we humans manage to accomplish anything at all at this point.