In 1755 Benjamin Franklin wrote “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” With a government mandated backdoor we’ll be giving liberty to the bad guys and sacrificing our safety based not on Apple’s “marketing strategy” but on the government’s.
The encryption horse has already left the proverbial barn. There are already so many encryption libraries available that any two bit programmer could make a secure communication system if they wanted.
Rember what Benjamin Franklin wrote
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