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I wonder: Apple has hundreds of billions in overseas cash. Why don't they go after Cellebrite and Grayshift and offer the owners something to the tune of 1-2 billion US$ in hard cash? Given the reputation hit once this knowledge becomes widespread, a couple billion dollars are pocket change.

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I don't think this becoming common knowledge would have a noticeable impact on sales.

Few people imagine themselves to ever be in a position where they would want to protect the info on their phones from LE.

Perhaps this is a viable model for vaporware (or perhaps extortion); not sure how much it matches the present case.

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