Was the whole Apple vs FBI showdown a subversive propaganda campaign to cause a "chilling" effect on free speech, since everyone now knows no device will be uncracked by the powers that be? (Conspiracy)

submitted ago by txtattoo

With every journalist (and their sources) now knowing that all their devices will be cracked in any investigation the police want, it may scare off whistleblowers and dissent.

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Solo ago

Legal precedent is one of the most important contributors to court decisions. If the FBI is able to set precedent for hacking iphones of terrorists, it gives then a pathway for accessing private data and matters of other "criminals". The challenge then transitions away from " what am I allowed to access" to " who am I allowed to access", which is an extremely slippery slope.