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I realize that.. I also realized that I'm ranting waaayy off topic... Long day..

Bitter Clinger wrote:New Democrat voters were created by not securing the borders. That is also the source of much of the crime that we are seeing and likely the next domestic terrorist attack as well. If there is data on that phone that could stop the next attack, than Apple should turn it over, full stop. Everything else is just commentary.

Certainly newly minted citizens looking for opportunity tend to vote Democratic. I do take pause pushing the whole deal on the Democrats though. It was Reagan and Bush who actually passed amnesty that resulted in the immediate minting of a a bunch of new citizens. We tend to do that every few decades and it's not just Democrats.

And lets say that Trump gets into office, arm-wrestles Mexico into building that wall for us, puts up a trade embargo that costs zero American jobs and all that jazz... IE - the influx problem is dealt with and the economy is still functional.

Here's what Republicans need to remember.. Assuming that there are some left after this coming implosion of an election:
Even if you stop all of the illegal migration, the birth rate within the Hispanic demographic means that Republicans might have to start actually accepting some of those 2nd-generation voters.. Alienating the majority of a population probably isn't a good long term strategy. That is, especially in our state, that particular demographic will be a powerful force...

Like it or not, it's in the statistics.. Gotta play the long game.

Another interesting point:
The US government has historically hobbled encryption for device manufacturers in the US. So people writing software, building network devices, etc have often faced a choice of using weak encryption or not selling on the world market:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of ... ted_States

There have been some changes that have improved this, somewhat, but as always regulation lags industry.

One of the impacts that I see frequently is security holes in encryption that affect you and me... Probably billions lost as weaker algorithms (which may have been required by the US government) get compromised.

No one wants to keep the FBI from inspecting a terrorists phone, but I think Apple is doing the right thing for those of us that stand protected by the constitution if the government is essentially demanding "the keys" to decrypt Apple devices. I'd feel very differently if our government had a history of doing the RIGHT thing and not broadly abusing their ability to spy on the American people.

Why do I care, if I have nothing to hide? Because I think the government should respect the constitution, even if that means we live with greater threats in our lives.