> we will not unlock phones at the behest of the FBI, because we value the privacy of user data<p>Apple answered ~4,400 device warrants and ~6,600 account warrant in the US in the past year. San Bernardino is obsolete and a well-marketed edge case; Apple turns over your personal data by the score: <a href="https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/" rel="nofollow">https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/</a><p>> For the sake of an open future, the freedom to run software should be seen in a similar light<p>Hopefully not. Even taking their argument in good faith, it's just a directionless plea for help. This has been a hot-topic issue for a while, and everyone ignored it. Now that we've let international conflict wedge it's way into the equation, there's a slim chance this will ever be addressed in a freedom-respecting manner.<p>The lesson being - hold these companies to a higher standard. All of them, all of the time.