Apple did not create secure Iphones for our enemies. They created them for use by free people everywhere.
The technology of encryption was not created by Apple. Nothing Apple does or does not do will in any way affect what our enemies will be able to do with this technology.
The only thing that would stop China, or South Korea, or any other nation from creating a secure phone using known technology would be a government prohibition.
China would not do so because they fear their own people more than any external enemy. South Korea might hesitate to do it because of the threat of sanctions from our government.
Somebody will do it. Americans will own it unless prohibited by their own government. Do you support an international treaty outlawing secure encrypted communications?
You cannot put this genie back into the bottle.
Absolutely irrelevant if the terrorists are using them as part of their comms network. As president in wartime, I’d already have infiltrated apple and stolen their damn key. Period. Screw them. You don’t give safe commo to the enemy. I can’t believe people are this stupidm