It's All About Precedent

FBI director James Comey:

The San Bernardino litigation isn’t about trying to set a precedent or send any kind of message. It is about the victims and justice.

[via Lawfare]

This whole fight isn’t about precedent at all he says. It’s about justice…you know…for the families and stuff.

Look, we know, they know – this is all about setting precedent. The proof is in the pudding:

The U.S. Justice Department is looking at court orders forcing Apple Inc to help investigators extract data from iPhones in about a dozen undisclosed cases across the country, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources.

[via Reuters]

One phone…a dozen phones. Counting is hard.

Typed on AEKII