> But Apple was surprised its stance then was not more popular, and the global tide since then has been toward more monitoring of private communication. Person

> But Apple was surprised its stance then was not more popular, and the global tide since then has been toward more monitoring of private communication. Personally speaking, Apple denying breaking into a phone in 2016 was indeed one of the reasons I believed them when they said they stand up for privacy. This is now developing a foul after taste - when it really counts, they don’t publicly stand up against governments.