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What if the NSA told them they had to have access to the data, or else jail and whatnot.



Am I understanding this correctly? What if the NSA went to Apple and said you have to get us access to everyone's fingerprints or you'll go to jail and other stuff, so Apple put a fingerprint scanner on the iPhone? It seems like a stretch to me.


More of: - Apple releases the new finger print reader 5S - NSA: "Heyyy ... we'd like those." - Apple: ".... Crap." (or: "Sure!")


Much more likely: "Do it, or your datafeed of intel from industrial espionage will run dry."




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