Interesting conundrum

[y4m4]

My understanding is that Apple has previously made public that they are not able to decrypt their own security. It will be interesting to see where this goes and what response they give to this.

This right here. This is the key to this. Here's a link confirming this: http://www.macworld.com/article/2999...t-matters.html

The government (on all sides) is slowly attacking encryption behind the guise of anti-terrorism efforts. This is just the erosion of free speech.

Look at recent stories of college students getting expelled over "microaggressions" (hurting peoples feelings) over anonymous messaging services. (No relevant links because I'm lazy.)

States are trying to pass laws to penalize phone manufacturers for selling devices that do not have back doors: http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-i...d-smartphones/