In defying a court order to help unlock Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone, Apple depicteditself as a righteous crusader for consumer privacy, fighting against the creation of a ‘backdoor’ for hackers. By virtue of the FBI’s taking matters into its own hands, and successfully unlocking the iPhone without Apple’s assistance, Apple’s reputation as ...

We Americans generally have faith that our government operates according to legal authority and predictable rules. If a government-authorized camera records our car exceeding a speed limit, we pay the penalty because we have faith that proper procedures were followed. Our faith is tested when a government agency is found to have operated ...

In Tim Cook’s open letter explaining Apple’s refusal to defeat the encryption key on Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone, the CEO challenges the assumption that unlocking the terrorist’s phone is in the interest of public security. According to Cook’s logic, the FBI’s request will make Americans “less safe,” and it is precisely by challenging the ...