Obama’s DOJ has made it clear, you do belong to The Government [Darleen Click]

The DOJ’s latest filing against Apple is a hot mess. It deliberately makes up what Apple has been arguing then flings apoplectic fits of OUTRAGE!! against these imaginary points decorated with all manner of innuendo of sinister motives. Buried in this polemic is a line that should chill any American

This burden, which is not unreasonable, is the direct result of Apple’s deliberate marketing decision to engineer its products so that the government cannot search them, even with a warrant.

You gotta wonder how that sounded in the original German.

How dare any private company create a product for customers concerned about the security of their information and communications? Why, if you’re not doing anything the government decides is wrong why worry?

Now the FBI is doubling-down on threats.

The FBI on Thursday threatened to raise the stakes in its legal battle with Apple (AAPL), suggesting it might demand access to the iPhone maker’s source code and secret electronic signature used to verify the legitimacy of its software updates. […]

[I]n a court filing on Thursday, the FBI said that if can’t require Apple to create the weakened software, it may demand access to what it described as Apple’s “crown jewels” instead. Source code is the list of programming code instructions used to create the software that runs the iPhone. The code controls everything from the background colors on the screen to the most critical security protections the phone has. Apple’s secret signature is a digital “key” required to update software on all iPhones.

Now you see the real endgame.

It’s as if you were required to give your local police department a set of keys to your home, safe deposit box and car … Just.In.Case.