[dh997]

Tim Cook: a really nice guy with blue whale-sized cohones.

There can be no compromise because China, Syria and Turkey would also lean on Apple to break into phones of dissidents, and pretty soon, future whistleblowers here in US too in order to prevent leaks (iPhone 7 and iCar notwithstanding).

That's the tradeoff in not giving in to faint, vague "maybes" that there were "external coordination" when in all likihood it was the ultraconservative, Saudi half leading this duo into the kookooland of violent extremism.

The security services will just have to buy exploits, develop malware, cultivate human intelligence sources and monitor everything the old-fashioned way... It's not like that kid in a YouTube video finding a jailbreak exploit for an iPhone and not releasing a tool is going to sit on it, he's going to auction it off to the shop or country with the most $$$.

[vacri]

> Tim Cook: a really nice guy with blue whale-sized cohones.

... backed by a company that at one point literally had more cash than the US government. A company with a strong, expansive, and experienced legal team. He's not a small fish; he's a major captain of industry and has a lot of political clout. I mean, good on him for his standing on this issue, but he wields a lot of power here.