Linked List: February 21, 2016

Sunday, 21 February 2016

The Talk Show: ‘iTools or Whatever’ ★

For your enjoyment, a new episode of my podcast, with special guest Jim Dalrymple. Topics include the Apple/FBI legal showdown, the debate over Apple software quality, and more.

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White House Petition to Side With Apple in FBI Fight ★

I don’t have high hopes for this (the Obama administration seems hopelessly tied to law enforcement on this subject), but I signed:

The FBI, is demanding that Apple build a “backdoor” to bypass digital locks protecting consumer information on Apple’s popular iPhones.

We the undersigned, oppose this order, which has implications far beyond the legal case at hand.