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steve  ·  2982 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Apple CEO Tim Cook: "They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone."

from politico:

    Donald Trump slammed Apple on Wednesday for its refusal to cooperate with federal authorities in the investigation of one of the iPhones of the San Bernardino shooters.

    “I agree 100 percent with the courts. In that case, we should open it up,” the Republican presidential candidate told “Fox & Friends,” referring to a court order demanding the California-based tech company create a way for federal investigators to break into the iPhone of one of the perpetrators of the Dec. 2 terrorist attack. “I think security, overall, we have to open it up and we have to use our heads. We have to use common sense,” Trump continued, echoing his recent common refrain. “Somebody the other day called me a common-sense conservative. We have to use common sense.”

As if any of you needed more reasons to vote for the donald....





MadEmperorYuri  ·  2982 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If only it were common sense that common sense is not a sense of things that are both obvious _and_ correct.

Common sense is only a sense of things that are obvious. It is common sense that the world is flat.