sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoQuote of the day by Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'If you put a key under the mat for the cops, a burglar can find it, too' — a stark warning on threats to undermine privacywww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkQuote of the day by Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'If you put a key under the mat for the cops, a burglar can find it, too' — a stark warning on threats to undermine privacywww.techradar.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoWhy would I leave a key under my mat for the cops in the first place?
minus-squareDrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoBecause the cops convinced the city council to pass a local ordinance mandating that all residents leave a key where the cops can find it.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoCops can just knock down the door.
minus-squareDrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoYeah, they’re used to being able to force their way in anywhere, but in the digital space, many people have steel security doors, and the police don’t have a battering ram big enough.
minus-squarecogitase@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoYou wouldn’t, but that’s what governments are effectively asking be done, lending validity to the analogy.
minus-squareskvlp@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoI mean, it’s not like there’s cases of police committing abuse and misuse, are there…?
minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoA rare insight into Tim Cook’s mind.
minus-squareNSAbot@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoIt’s an analogy to the government asking for backdoors into phones and such
Why would I leave a key under my mat for the cops in the first place?
Because the cops convinced the city council to pass a local ordinance mandating that all residents leave a key where the cops can find it.
Cops can just knock down the door.
Yeah, they’re used to being able to force their way in anywhere, but in the digital space, many people have steel security doors, and the police don’t have a battering ram big enough.
You wouldn’t, but that’s what governments are effectively asking be done, lending validity to the analogy.
I mean, it’s not like there’s cases of police committing abuse and misuse, are there…?
A rare insight into Tim Cook’s mind.
It’s an analogy to the government asking for backdoors into phones and such