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jpgvm on March 17, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Law is Clear: The FBI Cannot Make Apple Rewrit...

That is the current law. I'm arguing that it should be changed . Inanimate objects got a lot more advanced in the last 20 years, the law hasn't become nuanced enough to deal with this.

rayiner on March 17, 2016 [–]

What does it matter that inanimate objects got more advanced? Was the original distinction ever due to the fact that inanimate objects weren't advanced?

EdHominem on March 17, 2016 | [–]

Because they now perform functions inconceivable in the past - such as inadvertently logging everything you do.

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