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		xvector on Sept 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Delays Rollout of Child Safety Features > Then why wouldn't they say, "the government asked us to do this"? NSLs are routinely issued to silence companies.

labcomputer on Sept 4, 2021 [–]

Oh, you're so close... what was the rest of the context?

It was that Apple somehow gets negotiating leverage with a three letter agency.

So how does Apple get negotiating leverage in a context with a TLA when they can't say "they made us do it"?

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