And I'm hoping that each of them start trying to divide-up their mutual friend list - so that "you can't be his friend, if you're my friend".

Go man-babies go!

I like that both of them emulate Sheldon Cooper a little bit in having personal lists of mortal enemies.

Just keep it going a little longer please - just to ensure that there's no reconciliation.

I suspect the longer-term outcome will be to accelerate the shift towards decentralised solutions that not even Apple controls.

I've already written to my MP, asking him to question the economic implications (high value tech research gives the UK a miss), and the potential for this enhancing cybercrime vulnerabilities.

I imagine Apple will set up a decrypt-it or lose-it option for UK users.

With a several month window for each user to decide whether to comply.

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