got that right ...and it's legal too since the original law governing use of air waves to transmit signals such as radio and tv...with some modifications by the court. not like wire transmissions...The rule was if it's followed.- transmissions of such as cell phones must originate or end in out of the country..in any of the segments...which means if the cell service uses satellite relays it satisfies the requirement.

If it doesn't they just apologize maybe for the error ....to their boss

The law goes back to the 1930's and also prohibits interference with through the air transmissions so we can't get the cell phone jammers or black out spots (50' diameter circle mas o menos ) available elsewhere as one example

Thanks for the clarification.. So apple is just another Micros soft except puts out a working package from the start instead of 'get it on the market fix it later.' Interesting

BS on top of BS… I’m not a fan of Apple because they simply regurgitate technology in a slyest package. Apple doesn’t manage the encryption keys to encrypt data. The news stories is saying encrypted data not a locked screen. Data is encrypted with key pairs that are managed by companies external to Apples control and if a back door existed, it would negate the entire reason for the technology in the first place. Once encrypted, you must have the private key to decrypt the data, period. These people stating that Apple must have a back door, they don’t know… it’s a guess… Do they have a back door to unlock a locked screen, I would assume they would. Do they have a back door to decrypt data that their customer encrypted, I would assume not.

No :-)

BS they have back doors for everything if the company doesn't the programmers involved certainly do...it's how they get in to fix and repair.

Bottom line they can get in but don't want the feds to have the knowledge that would lead to getting into other cells and refused point blank to set the phones up that way

exactly what the judges warrant stipulated.

So it's between the feds and the corporation and their lawyers as to how and what can be witnessed on the entry method which means it's the same back door for all of them...

BS they have back doors for everything if the company doesn't the programmers involved certainly do...it's how they get in to fix and repair.

Thats what surprised me unless there are two Reasons...that business with the Rand and immigration posts some months back cured me of the site given with that name ....I didn't subtract any points or anything...

it isn't he isn't and the article quoted proves it not the opposite. it's a poor source at best anyway.

That's not what he said...and it's a real poor source to quote from though it says the opposite in the first few paragraphs.

first of all Reason was the source for the charges of Rand lying to immigration. When challenged the writer of that nonsense claimed it was backed up in Reason. It was not and that in two articles both of which promised facts and failed to deliver.

Second. Cruz stated in this specific case of a committed crime the court order specifically said they needed to open up access on this one specific cell phone. Not provide a means to open it up. the key was to be kept in their hands not loaned out. He further stated he was against the blanket request for back door technology to be provided to Law Enforcement something it appears that was asked for by them and denied by the judge;.

End of non existent controversy. And strike two for Reason. which as i recall started as a libertarian blog and 'we don't get along with them.'

so I have to come down on the side of Cruz as in the end I had to come down on his side on the foreign born non-issue

but I still don't like his tax plan ....until I see some sort of proof it will not be instituted until after income tax is repealed and then in a proper end user consumption tax form.

And i still state that if he want votes there is not better place than the 46% disenfranchised to add to the less than 24% Republican since most of them are RINOS and actually Democrats anyway. The way to do that is Webb as VP running mate....Not by turning weak sister and supporting a poor second choice left wing socialist corporatist.