{"id":108,"date":"2016-02-19T11:28:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T15:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/?p=108"},"modified":"2016-02-19T11:31:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T15:31:15","slug":"this-weeks-surprising-news-story-apple-versus-the-f-b-i-with-apple-sticking-up-for-consumer-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/this-weeks-surprising-news-story-apple-versus-the-f-b-i-with-apple-sticking-up-for-consumer-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week&#8217;s Surprising News Story? Apple Versus the F.B.I.? With Apple Sticking Up For Consumer Privacy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Friday, February 19th, 2016\u00a0 \u00a7\u00a7 &#8212; -7\u02daC \/ +19\u02daF &#8212; Clear with a nice warm sun om Atlantic Canada @ 10:45 am\u00a0 \u00a7\u00a7\u00a0 &#8212;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"109\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/this-weeks-surprising-news-story-apple-versus-the-f-b-i-with-apple-sticking-up-for-consumer-privacy\/2016-02-19-applevsfbi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-19-AppleVsFBI.png?fit=601%2C527\" data-orig-size=\"601,527\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016-02-19-AppleVsFBI\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;CBC Radio One News this morning aired a discussion between those who believe that Apple would give away too much if they caved in to the F.B.I.&amp;#8217;s demand that they hand over code to help the F.B.I. crack into the iPhone of accused Terrorists in the recent California mass killings  &amp;#038; Those who claim that this would only be a &amp;#8216;one-off&amp;#8217; event.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-19-AppleVsFBI.png?fit=549%2C481\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-19-AppleVsFBI.png?fit=601%2C527\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-19-AppleVsFBI.png?resize=601%2C527\" alt=\"People demonstrating against Governments hacking their iPhones.\" width=\"601\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-19-AppleVsFBI.png?w=601 601w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-19-AppleVsFBI.png?resize=549%2C481 549w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CBC Radio One News this morning aired a discussion between Those who believe that Apple would give away too much if they caved in to the F.B.I.&#8217;s demand that they hand over code to help the F.B.I. crack into the iPhone of accused Terrorists in the recent California mass killings &amp; Those who claim that this would only be a &#8216;one-off&#8217; event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8212; The guy who was arguing that the F.B.I. should be able to protect civilians from terrorists scoffed at the &#8216;slippery slope&#8217; argument that if Apple gave government agents any help in cracking into their iPhones Then nobody&#8217;s privacy would be protected. He called Apple&#8217;s argument &#8216;disingenuous&#8217;. &#8212; The other side in this discussion did not mention anything about the idea that Government should be the servants of the citizenry, not despotic dictators who believe they should control everything and everybody and should have the right to snoop on everybody&#8217;s private thoughts, words and deeds. &#8212; The weird thing was, as a kind of aside in this discussion, it was mentioned that young people don&#8217;t believe their potential lack of privacy is as big a deal as do older people.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"110\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/this-weeks-surprising-news-story-apple-versus-the-f-b-i-with-apple-sticking-up-for-consumer-privacy\/2016-02-19-truthistreason\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-19-TruthIsTreason.png?fit=522%2C597\" data-orig-size=\"522,597\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016-02-19-TruthIsTreason\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;And &amp;#8211; &amp;#8220;[Telling The-] Truth is Treason In An Empire Of Lies&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-19-TruthIsTreason.png?fit=522%2C597\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-19-TruthIsTreason.png?fit=522%2C597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-19-TruthIsTreason.png?resize=522%2C597\" alt=\"&quot;Truth is Treason in an Empire of Lies&quot;\" width=\"522\" height=\"597\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And &#8211; &#8220;[Telling The-] Truth is Treason In An Empire Of Lies&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>&#8212; Whistle-Blowers are often stunned by the revelation that the people they believe they are protecting and defending by maintaining their high level of ethics don&#8217;t appreciate their efforts. &#8212; I remember hearing one US citizen announce that if he ever saw Ralph Nader crossing a road on a dark night he would not hesitate to attempt vehicular homicide. &#8212; This person bought the propaganda put out by the auto industry saying that automobile prices had to rise astronomically because of safety legislation brought on by Ralph Nader&#8217;s revealing that the industry knowingly sold vehicles that were &#8220;Unsafe At Any Speed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Several Earthquakes in the past couple weeks have also caught my attention, and Earthquakes and Volcanic eruptions were accurately predicted by Astrologer Dr. Luis Turi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; This will have to be all for now. I have some &#8216;Real World&#8217; commitments to fulfill.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8212; jda &#8212;<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-108\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/this-weeks-surprising-news-story-apple-versus-the-f-b-i-with-apple-sticking-up-for-consumer-privacy\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-108\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/this-weeks-surprising-news-story-apple-versus-the-f-b-i-with-apple-sticking-up-for-consumer-privacy\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, February 19th, 2016\u00a0 \u00a7\u00a7 &#8212; -7\u02daC \/ +19\u02daF &#8212; Clear with a nice warm sun om Atlantic Canada @ 10:45 am\u00a0 \u00a7\u00a7\u00a0 &#8212; &#8212; The guy who was arguing that the F.B.I. should be able to protect civilians from terrorists scoffed at the &#8216;slippery slope&#8217; argument that if Apple gave government agents any help &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/this-weeks-surprising-news-story-apple-versus-the-f-b-i-with-apple-sticking-up-for-consumer-privacy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This Week&#8217;s Surprising News Story? 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