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History? You mean like all those times they refuse to open phones for the government? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93FBI_encryption_dispute https:/

• politelemon 3y ago
  If you read the link that you've posted, that was not about handing data over. They were already doing that. They didn't want to automate the process. They used the dispute as a pr campaign which you have faithfully repeated.
• dooglius 3y ago
  When it's a public request, and the people involved are already dead, there can be this kind of public spectacle. Apple was part of PRISM as per Snowden's leaks, and as cited in the wiki page, Snowden further claims regarding this specific case that the FBI was already perfectly capable of decrypting the device.
• smoldesu 3y ago
  > In 2015 and 2016, Apple Inc. received and objected to or challenged at least 11 orders issued by United States district courts Compared to the thousands of requests they received and fulfilled in that time: https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/us.html https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/us.html