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> and won.

They didn't win, the phone was broken into with the help of a third party (so ultimately Apple actually did give the government a backdoor, unofficially) so the court case was mooted. Apple never actually defied the US legal system.

> Now ask Jack Ma

Ask ABC about their FCC license when they publish speech critical of the regime[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_Jimmy_Kimmel_Liv...!

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No, they won. They never put a backdoor in.

Not sure how finding an exploit in software means the company is compliant. Microsoft would be criminally liable for untold damage if that was the case.

Kimmels bosses were kissing the ring. But it's unlikely there was real threat. The courts have been shooting Trumps authoritarian dreams down left and right.

China has no (legitimate) courts.

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