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		s_q_b on March 18, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Encryption Engineers, If Ordered to Unlock i... Apple has quarter trillion dollars of cash on hand. Without calculating interest or expected value, at 100k a day, Apple could hold out for over a millennium. I'm sure Apple has a legal army gaming out each one of these scenarios.

acqq on March 18, 2016 | [–]

> Apple could hold out for over a millennium.

No, it doesn't work that way (see the post from dolske 7 hours ago):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11310214

Under these rules in only a few months all the money would be gone.

s_q_b on March 18, 2016 | | [–]

My point was that Apple swings a big stick in this argument.

kabdib on March 18, 2016 | [–]

$250B can buy a lot of members of congress.

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