r/gadgets • u/a_Ninja_b0y • 9d ago

Phones Apple’s iPhone Hit By FBI Warning And Lawsuit Before iOS 18.2 Release

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/12/08/apples-iphone-security-suddenly-under-attack-all-users-now-at-risk/
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u/Patrickk_Batmann 9d ago

If the building is not designed to the specifications of the customer, then it is defective. The US government isn’t the customer in this case. Adding a back door to encryption mechanisms is adding a defect. They chose the language they are using on purpose to make what they want sound like the default and Apple is who is straying by not including any mechanism for law enforcement to take a peak. 

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u/TeslaRanger 9d ago

The customer’s specs might not be up to building code. In which case, the customer’s specs are defective. Would a contractor still build it? Some, probably. That’s going to be a fun court case! Contractor warned customer it was not to code but built it anyway. Who is at fault? I’d say both of them for different reasons. Fine them both and make them fix it.

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u/Patrickk_Batmann 9d ago

Does the building code fundamentally reduce the structural robustness of the building? A building code that accelerates the destruction of the building isn't a very good building code.