Well, there's that part.
Apparently lots of my tax dollars are going towards purchasing a temporary license for a temporary solution to a permanent problem that isn't really a problem at all?
Though I must admit, one day those things are going to look great in some museum. They tell a really interesting story. Hopefully the price tag is included on the exhibit description.
It's every single department, in every single city, in every single state.
That's thousands, if not tens of thousands, of departments buying these when they'll all be useless as soon as Apple patches the exploit.
Seems like a whole lot of wasted money. But who knows, they might just catch enough "big bad Marijuana dealers" to offset the cost.
That's what the LEO really means by cold cases. Nothing important. Just more drug busts.
People dying because of drug overdoses seems like a pretty big deal to me, but then again (thank God) I've never had a family member or close friend succumb to a drug addiction.
If you don't believe that a solution works, then further effort on a non-functioning solution isn't a big deal, even if you feel the problem is a problem.
Depending on where you live, maybe 16 cents on the dollar is going to “defense.” And I’d imagine that $15k per license is a tiny fraction of that.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/policy-basics-w...