What bad PR? When it was released that Apple let the gov suck all the user data throught the PRISM programme, as there any drawback?
No. Most People just shrugged. Gag order, they were forced, not their fault.
Why would you even remotely believe that they are not under a similar situation with the current admin? It's just ridiculously naïve.
In fact, with the recent ledger scandal we know you can bypass good hardware security in clever ways if you are an external actor.
But in this case the actor is just Apple, they can do whatever they want. And Tim Cook offered a gold bribe to trump in public, so we know for a fact they are under pressure.
We know Apple have cheated in the past (the home button scandal). We know they have a lied about privacy (turned out 3rd party contractors had access to your siri conversation).
Your position is just not credible in 2026. It's the xkcd wrench vs encryption type of argument, and it ignores two decades of history.
Reading such argument on HN tells me Snowden did throw away his life for nothing, damn.
No. Most People just shrugged. Gag order, they were forced, not their fault.
Why would you even remotely believe that they are not under a similar situation with the current admin? It's just ridiculously naïve.
In fact, with the recent ledger scandal we know you can bypass good hardware security in clever ways if you are an external actor.
But in this case the actor is just Apple, they can do whatever they want. And Tim Cook offered a gold bribe to trump in public, so we know for a fact they are under pressure.
We know Apple have cheated in the past (the home button scandal). We know they have a lied about privacy (turned out 3rd party contractors had access to your siri conversation).
Your position is just not credible in 2026. It's the xkcd wrench vs encryption type of argument, and it ignores two decades of history.
Reading such argument on HN tells me Snowden did throw away his life for nothing, damn.