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You can say precisely the same thing about iCloud and the FBI.


You aren’t wrong, but the two situations aren’t equivalent. The stakes are high when we are talking about a foreign government that isn’t shy about its desire to undermine the United States and its willingness to use everything at its disposal to do so. The FBI, in theory at least, has different motivations, is subject to US law, and can be held accountable.


They are not subject to US law or accountability. Apple is compelled to turn over user data from iCloud to the USG over thirty thousand times per year without a warrant or probable cause via FAA702 which allows the federal government direct access to Apple (and Google et al) servers to download user data.

It hasn’t been subject to US law or accountability for a long time.




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