I-Apple ibandezeleka kakhulu kunakuqala kumzamo wokugcina ukuba bucala kwabasebenzisi bayo kufanelekile, umlo omkhulu nxamnye neFederal Bureau yoPhando, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-FBI, ethi izame ngaphandle kwempumelelo ukuvula i-iPhone 5c ngaphandle kwemvume yomniniyo. . I-FBI inyanzelisa ukuba iApple kufuneka isebenzisane nolwaphulo lwamalungelo oluntu, kwaye yonke into iyatshintsha e-United States xa sithetha ngobunqolobi, kwaye ayisiyonto incinci kwilizwe le-hysteria enkulu. Okwangoku, iApple iyaqhubeka nokufumana inkxaso kwiinkampani ezinkulu zetekhnoloji, owokugqibela ukujoyina ube ngumnini we-Facebook onike inkxaso yakhe epheleleyo ku-Apple kule mfazwe.
UTim Cook uyaqhubeka nokuchasa ukubeka iingcango ngasemva kwizixhobo zakhe ukuze i-NSA kunye ne-United States zikwazi ukujikeleza ngaphandle kwemvume. I-encryption ye-IOS ikwi-fever pitch, kangangokuba akukho mntu okwazi ngabom ukufikelela kulwazi ngaphandle kwephasiwedi eyenziwe ngumsebenzisi. Umphathi omkhulu weGoogle, umseki-ntsebenziswano weWhatsApp kunye nomphathi omkhulu weTwitter zezinye zezinto ezibalaseleyo eziye zajoyina inkxaso. UMark Zuckerberg wathi:
Sinovelwano neApple kule meko, siyakholelwa ekubetheleleni. Ndiyathemba ukuba ezopolitiko akufuneki zingenelele kwindlela esizitshixa ngayo izixhobo zethu. Siva ukuba sinoxanduva olukhulu kule nkalo, ewe, ukuba sifumana umxholo we-ISIS okanye unxulumene nobunqolobi kunxibelelwano lwethu siya kulwa nabo. Asifuni ukuba abantu benze ezo zinto kuFacebook.
U-Apple uyaqhubeka nokulwa i-FBIKubonakala ngathi okokuqala kwizizwe ngezizwe zigqiba ekubeni zimelane "norhulumente wentando yesininzi" wase-United States of America, kuba ndiyathemba ukuba uTim Cook akazukuthatha isigqibo sokuvumela la madoda makhulu ifowuni yam nangona ingenguye ummi waseMelika.