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Before the Snowden revelations, big tech companies like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Apple, would usually quietly comply with court orders like that Apple received. Since Snowden, it's now a whole new ballgame. Being seen to comply with a court order like that could cost them big bucks, especially in international markets. In other words, I think Apple is not just taking a principled stand against government overreach but is also making a hardheaded business decision. And in the past, these companies would often comply with the demands from other governments too. They all have a history of complying with demands from the Chinese government for instance. Nowadays, to be seen doing that could cost them big time as well.. Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant http://www.foxymath.com Learn or Review Basic Math ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Louis Proyect via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> To: Jim Farmelant <farmela...@juno.com> Subject: [Marxism] Fwd: Why Apple Is Right to Challenge an Order to Help the F.B.I. - The New York Times Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:02:52 -0500 ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. ***************************************************************** Read this on the Times website since it has important embedded links. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/opinion/why-apple-is-right-to-challenge-an-order-to-help-the-fbi.html _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/farmelantj%40juno.com ____________________________________________________________ Citi® / AAdvantage® Card Earn 50,000 AAdvantage® Miles. First checked bag free. Learn More! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/56c70881e2b388034c1st02vuc _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
