This Tim Cook?
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2026
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A burglar doesn't intend to fuck up your whole life and/or extinguish it. I prefer the burglar over the cop.
Talk is cheap
Keep pretending that the NSA doesn't already have a million backdoors in your proprietary garbage, Tim.
Considering they are sending all of your iOS activity back to themselves without encryption, to track you for ad serving, yep.
So where’s the actual story with the ’provided screenshots’? This article is just some rando saying things.
"But," he continued, "If you put an obsolete anthrax-infected key under your mat, that's one burglar we don't have to worry about."
We have an easy peasy solution to that.
We will just make it illegal for burglars to look under the mat.
And if they do look under the mat, we will also make it illegal fro them to take the key.
Finally we will also make it illegal for burglars to use the key.
See there an absolutely bullet proof solution, so why does the tech industry continue to claim this is a bad idea?
As a politician I simply can't understand why they are so contrary to this idea that will increase safety for everybody!!
/s (just in case)
Or... you and a friend on another floor put your keys under each other's mats. Then you both always have a way in and the chance of a burglar figuring it out is almost zero.
Granted, it's a work in progress; after all the commandment that says "You shall not steal" hasn't fully stopped burgling or thieving, but I'm sure it will happen soon.
They just haven't shown it to enough school kids yet. That will fix it!
Why would I leave a key under my mat for the cops in the first place?
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.
Also, kicking down the door leaves evidence and usually require some sort of justification or approval. If they have a key to a backdoor, they don't have to tell anyone they were inside, or ask for permission to use it.
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.
I think it's important to note that quote was from 2015.
If you're Canadian, please sign this petition against Bill C-22:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7416
Already signed, took very little time.
Especially when the cops ARE the burglars in the first place.
Why are you drawing your curtains? You must have something to hide. All your neighbours live in glass houses, why do you insist on this strange idea of privacy? Open up, if you're not guilty there's nothing to be afraid of.
Only guilty people draw the curtains.
Will* find it.
Also, we paid some bribes to a fascist so....
Nevermind a disgruntled employee just sharing it.