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That's fair. I was definitely exaggerating, but I do know I had coverage in much more of the country than the people I traveled with.

Problem is, T Mobile bought so many other carriers that their coverage is unbeatable in the US. I've been all over the entire country and had coverage everywhere others with competing carriers didn't. That's anecdotal I suppose, but I'm afraid to switch to a carrier with worse coverage.

This isn't a backdoor, the bureau says.

"It isn't a backdoor because we aren't calling it one. We named the backdoor Lawful Access, so it's that, not a backdoor."

Imagine thinking an ad post will be successful on possibly the most anti-advertisement community on the internet.

Well that was a crazy read. Never seen a company act this way before. Sounds like a very small operation. Unfortunately their products don't appeal to me at all, I'd much rather buy a Framework.

These power hungry tyrants just can't STAND the idea of normal humans being able to communicate without their prying eyes spying on us. They claim this is for the purpose of protecting the public. This is plainly not true, as crime will occur regardless. They cannot eliminate crime, despite their outrageous claims, nor do they actually want to. E2EE comms will be used to plan crime sometimes. Sorry, not sorry. Privacy is worth that cost. I'll die on that hill.

Hence, if the data is not on someone else's computer in the first place, it is not a matter of time.

The solution is to stop putting your data on other people's computers. You can't control other people's computers. Apple does not care about you any more than any other trillion dollar corpo. Take back control.

~~May be~~ IS

Fixed that for ya

Oh please. Warrants are rubber stamped, it's as simple as clicking a button. And do you really think entities like the NSA bother with formalities like warrants?

as Chinese law allows government access to company-held data.

... Kind of exactly like how US law allows government access to company-held data?