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		someone234 on Sept 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tim Cook on iMessage Security: It’s Encrypted, and... Or Cook could just reap some PR-points with a convincingly stated flat out lie. It's not like anyone will remember it in a couple of weeks anyway.

giovani on Sept 16, 2014 [–]

I disagree. If things go south (meaning they do what they claimed they couldn't, and then get caught) people will surely remember it, and in that case it would be negative PR-points, doubled. That doesn't mean he's not lying, it just makes it less likely.

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