
-- "Jump forward nine years and I find myself very much on the other side of an argument taking place in the UK. Apple has secretly been asked by the UK government to provide a back door to the encrypted information on all iPhones including those belonging to Americans. The British government’s undisclosed order, issued last month, requires blanket capability to view fully encrypted material, not merely assistance in cracking a specific account, and has no known precedent in major democracies." --