Biden’s DOJ Sues Apple

[tbhausen]

God, I hate this ****ing administration! The DOJ can go **** itself. If anyone doesn’t like how Apple differentiates its products, they can go with Android! Apple’s response is spot-on!

US v. Apple: everything you need to know

The center of all of it is Apple’s iPhone ecosystem.

www.theverge.com

 

[phylodog]

So the administration is pissed because Apple won’t roll over and give them private data so they’re suing them, you know… to benefit the people.

 

[tbhausen]

Yeah, these *********** say they’re protecting consumers, but guess who’s gonna pay for the lawsuit… All of us!

 

[indyblue]

I specifically chose my iPhone, because of Apple’s vetting of the apps that make it into the App Store. It’s a really bad idea to allow sideloading with un vetted apps. I like knowing they’re at least trying to keep my device secure.

Android phones are produced and sold by a hodgepodge of companies, and I wouldn’t trust a single app that is loaded on one to be secured.

 

[tbhausen]

Apple’s response shows how well they know their customers, and perfectly sums up why we choose their products.

 

[bobzilla]

So the administration is pissed because Apple won’t roll over and give them private data so they’re suing them, you know… to benefit the people.

This in a nutshell.

 

[dieselrealtor]

So, they aren't suing Google (Android)?

Must be getting what they want from them already.

 

[phylodog]

Yeah, these *********** say they’re protecting consumers, but guess who’s gonna pay for the lawsuit… All of us!

Just like they did to Cummins. I wonder why Biden's DOJ isn't suing Chinese owned companies?

 

[BigRed]

Smells a bit more like the stench of commie excrement with each passing day.

 

[Expat]

I wonder what Apple is preventing .gov from installing on our phones that they are pissed about.

 

[phylodog]

I wonder what Apple is preventing .gov from installing on our phones that they are pissed about.

I'm sure everything needed is there, Apple just doesn't want to give it away. I've used iPhones exclusively for well over a decade and there is zero question as to whether or not I'm being monitored whether the phone is turned on in my hand or screen off, face down on a table.

 

[mbkintner]

I specifically chose my iPhone, because of Apple’s vetting of the apps that make it into the App Store. It’s a really bad idea to allow sideloading with un vetted apps. I like knowing they’re at least trying to keep my device secure.

Android phones are produced and sold by a hodgepodge of companies, and I wouldn’t trust a single app that is loaded on one to be secured.

 

[BigRed]

I wonder what Apple is preventing .gov from installing on our phones that they are pissed about.

As a side note.....

Recall 2018?

Americans to receive cellphone alert from Trump in first national test

Alert system will let any president issue a warning about a crisis, which could include a missile launched at the U.S. or a tsunami

www.cbsnews.com

Forced contact? Things that make you go hmmmmm

 

[BigRed]

I'm sure everything needed is there, Apple just doesn't want to give it away. I've used iPhones exclusively for well over a decade and there is zero question as to whether or not I'm being monitored whether the phone is turned on in my hand or screen off, face down on a table.

Faraday cages still work.

 

[Twangbanger]

My guess, it's the Obama San Bernardino Shooters thing, cooked a different way. Remember McAfee offering to break the shooters' phones "for" the government, but .Gov filed the Apple lawsuit anyway, and Apple told them to eff off? Encryption the Government can't break doesn't sit well with the Government. And the government has a long memory. They want an unencrypted back-door into _everybody's_ phones, not just criminals, and they won't stop until they get it. They're going to use the courts, one way or another, to force Apple to give .Gov a "doggie door" they can exploit. Suing them via law-enforcement-exigency during the Obama years didn't work. So now they're upping the ante, shifting tactics, and coming from the "monopoly" angle. With the added threat of potentially breaking up the company.

It's not like the public is clamoring for this.

 

[BigRed]

They want a back-door into _everybody

.gov doing the only thing .gov does.

 

[Destro]

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Indeed. Folks are institutionalized to Apple.

 

[Ingomike]

Indeed. Folks are institutionalized to Apple.

What does this mean?

 

[tbhausen]

What does this mean?

I think he’s asserting we like Apple products.

This is spot-on from the Washington examiner:

Biden’s new war on your iPhone is a joke - Washington Examiner

Biden’s Department of Justice just launched an anti-trust lawsuit targeting Apple. While Apple has surely done some nefarious things, this lawsuit is a joke.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

 

[Ingomike]

I think he’s asserting we like Apple products.

This is spot-on from the Washington examiner:

Biden’s new war on your iPhone is a joke - Washington Examiner

Biden’s Department of Justice just launched an anti-trust lawsuit targeting Apple. While Apple has surely done some nefarious things, this lawsuit is a joke.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Yep, competition is buying this attack is the most likely answer…