> When we receive information requests, we require that it be accompanied by the appropriate legal documents such as a subpoena or search warrant. [...] And we limit our response to only the data law enforcement is legally entitled to for the specific investigation.
The title here makes it sound like some secret was uncovered. It's been well known, and even mentioned by Apple before, that they are happy to comply with legal requests. They do not find decrypting a user's device with a backdoor legal. In this email they even reiterate that they still support strong encryption.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 19.2 ms ] thread> When we receive information requests, we require that it be accompanied by the appropriate legal documents such as a subpoena or search warrant. [...] And we limit our response to only the data law enforcement is legally entitled to for the specific investigation.