The phone was owned by the guy's employer. The metadata on every call and text he made in the last several months has been dished up. Every email on every server too. What else do they need? The text of his text messages? If the other party is in the US can't they get that? Was he using Signal? If he was they're screwed anyway.
What do they expect to get that they can't get at other ways. And if they can't get it anyway, why do they want a back door built?
No. Mid level executives who aren't going much higher measure quality by how much is billed to their expense account. The rich pay attention to that kind of stuff in a "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me" fashion. As they become aware of this they won't be booking this place again. Which is why the management tried to cover up, and then spin. Starting this practice up again would cost them more than they've gouged.
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What exactly can't they get already?
The phone was owned by the guy's employer. The metadata on every call and text he made in the last several months has been dished up. Every email on every server too. What else do they need? The text of his text messages? If the other party is in the US can't they get that? Was he using Signal? If he was they're screwed anyway.
What do they expect to get that they can't get at other ways. And if they can't get it anyway, why do they want a back door built?
Re: Re: The obvious answer is to stop consuming their content
Original providers can copyright their stuff too, and should. Even if they don't want to charge for its use. A tip jar should cover copyright costs.
Re: Re: I suppose rich people have too much money to think for themselves, eh?
No. Mid level executives who aren't going much higher measure quality by how much is billed to their expense account. The rich pay attention to that kind of stuff in a "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me" fashion. As they become aware of this they won't be booking this place again.
Which is why the management tried to cover up, and then spin. Starting this practice up again would cost them more than they've gouged.