Apple supports security of devices, and in all cases that is good. Security and privacy are different things. Security can be used to enable privacy. Also, if A

Apple supports security of devices, and in all cases that is good. Security and privacy are different things. Security can be used to enable privacy. Also, if Apple's phones are secure what harm is giving details to the Chinese government? It won't help break into a truly secure device. What is missing from most of the discussion is that strongly secure phones are good for the government. If the US government can ask Apple in the US to open a phone, then the Chinese government can ask Apple in China to open a phone. That means that every phone is vulnerable to theft and transport to a jurisdiction that agrees to the 'lawful' access to the contents.