> No employee at Apple is going to call him out on it, and everyone else can be written off as speculating. I wouldn't put it past the NSA to have snapped up

> No employee at Apple is going to call him out on it, and everyone else can be written off as speculating. I wouldn't put it past the NSA to have snapped up a former iOS developer for explicitly the purpose of breaking into iPhones. An ex employee could certainly call him out. > Additionally, that letter is written with very carefully fuzzy language so as to remain true-ish. Cook is trying to be as clear as possible to a public who doesn't understand encryption or why Apple is standing up to the FBI. That's a lot to swallow, and yes his letter is carefully worded for good reason. Given that there is a backdoor that Apple could create, it's not unthinkable that with more details, 3rd parties could figure out how to get in too.