From the article: > While it seems pretty obvious that Apple could in theory substitute keys and thus enable eavesdropping, in practice it may require substant

From the article: > While it seems pretty obvious that Apple could in theory substitute keys and thus enable eavesdropping, in practice it may require substantial changes to Apple's code. > Any way you slice it, it's a risky operation. This is really really poor. A government is not going to give anything about that it might be risky. That's for Apply to handle. Further, the author of the article pretends that the key server is a black box that's not entirely understood and therefore it is safe because it won't be changed. Strange assumptions based upon guesses. There's various ways to make it possible to comply with a government request. Just send a modified version of the software to the device, change the keyserver, etc. Anyway, the government is not going to care much about how you do it. As a company you get some leeway with following rules but eventually there will be a fine big enough to make you comply. That's just what I noticed from customs across various countries.