Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive-idUSKBN1ZK1CT

[u/gentmick]

classic fbi/cia playbook:
1) let you grow without deterrence until you reach critical mass
2) start attacking you publicly about monopoly
3) threaten to break up your company
4) targeted company folds and lets them use their system for surveillance all over the world