This is always framed as a conflict between the government and "the people" but it's every bit as much a conflict between the government and a handful of hundre

This is always framed as a conflict between the government and "the people" but it's every bit as much a conflict between the government and a handful of hundred-billion-dollar megacorporations. Some of these entities are going to benefit from having enormous quantities of data at their disposal, it's just a question of which ones. Zuckerberg's sort of aloof reaction to Apple's plight is telling. If it were really about citizens' rights then he would be every bit as outraged as when the FBI orders Facebook to hand data over.