On February 16, 2016, Apple published a statement it knew would be criticized, and laid out the reasons it would not bow to unfair government pressure. We’re apparently in a very different world today.
The White House is dominating Apple Park — image credits: Apple and the White House
The White House is dominating Apple Park — image credits: Apple and the White House
Ten years ago on February 16, 2016, Apple drew a line in the sand. The FBI had cleverly and even callously timed an attack on the firm to take advantage of public outrage over the San Bernardino shootings.
Fourteen people had been murdered in a terrorist attack in California’s San Bernardino in December 2015. By February 2016, then FBI director James Comey told senators that they had one of the killers’ phones that they hadn’t been able to open.