The thing is terrorists can encrypt their data on top with 3rd party programs there is nothing that can be done to stop that. And the government nor Apple would be able to decrypt them. This backdoor can be potentially misused and not just by the US Government.
Trade secrets stored on Phones could be extracted if it gets into the wrong hands and somebody sells it to people that would misuse it.
Other governments will be able to request the same from apple or block them from selling their products. I am on Apples side, data security is important for our civilization as a whole.
30 years ago people just burned documents and then there was no evidence. How did the Law enforcment handle this situation back then.
I think its not in the best interest of the US citizens for Apple to give in. Actually me as european I am happy that Apple is against doing this.







