> "...since you deliberately put yourself in that situation."
This is the crux of the problem. If we assume Apple is being truthful in its statement, they should be completely free to make such statements. No-one should be punished retrospectively for statements that were true at the time of utterance.
Compelling someone to lie after the facts have changed seems to me a far murkier legal area (and perhaps easier to fight in court).
>Compelling someone to lie after the facts have changed seems to me a far murkier legal area (and perhaps easier to fight in court).
And IIRC C-level executives are required to certify they believe their quarterly reports are, to the best of their knowledge, accurate, under Sarbanes-Oxley. There is a ticking clock here, once Apple asserts that the nebulous statement is relevant to the value of the company, because some customers are tetchy about their data.
This is the crux of the problem. If we assume Apple is being truthful in its statement, they should be completely free to make such statements. No-one should be punished retrospectively for statements that were true at the time of utterance.
Compelling someone to lie after the facts have changed seems to me a far murkier legal area (and perhaps easier to fight in court).