I-Apple ihlupheka kakhulu kunakuqala emzameni wokugcina ubumfihlo babasebenzisi bayo bungaphelele, impi eshubile ne-Federal Bureau of Investigation, eyaziwa kakhulu nge-FBI, ezama ngaphandle kwempumelelo ukuvula i-iPhone 5c ngaphandle kwemvume yomnikazi wayo . I-FBI igcizelela ukuthi i-Apple kumele ibambisane kulokhu kwephulwa kwamalungelo omphakathi, nokuthi konke kuyashintsha e-United States lapho sikhuluma ngobushokobezi, futhi akuyona into encane ezweni le-mass hysteria. Okwamanje, i-Apple iyaqhubeka nokuthola ukwesekwa okuvela ezinkampanini ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe, owokugcina ukujoyina kube ngumnikazi we-Facebook onikeze ukwesekwa okuphelele ku-Apple kule mpi.
UTim Cook uyaqhubeka nokuphikisana nokubeka iminyango emuva kumadivayisi akhe ukuze i-NSA ne-United States bakwazi ukuzulazula ngaphandle kwemvume. Ukubethela kwe-IOS kusendaweni yomkhuhlane, kangangokuthi akekho noyedwa okwamanje okwazile ukufinyelela kulwazi ngaphandle kwamaphasiwedi akhiqizwa umsebenzisi. Isikhulu esiphezulu seGoogle, umsunguli weWhatsApp kanye nomphathi omkhulu weTwitter bangabanye babahlonishwa abangene kulolu sizo. UMark Zuckerberg uthe:
Siyazwelana ne-Apple kulokhu, sikholelwa ekubethelweni. Ngiyethemba ukuthi ezombusazwe akufanele zingene endleleni esivala ngayo amadivayisi ethu. Sizizwa sinomthwalo omkhulu kakhulu kulokhu, impela uma sithola okuqukethwe kwe-ISIS noma okuhlobene nobuphekula kumanethiwekhi ethu omphakathi sizolwa nabo. Asifuni abantu benze lezo zinto kuFacebook.
U-Apple uyaqhubeka nokulwa kwakhe ne-FBI, Kubukeka sengathi okokuqala ngqa amazwe omhlaba ekugcineni anquma ukumelana nohulumeni "wentando yeningi" wase-United States of America, ngoba ngithemba ngobuqotho ukuthi uTim Cook akanqumi ukuvuma isicelo salaba bantu abakhulu ngikwazi ukufinyelela ocingweni lwami yize ngingeyona isakhamuzi saseMelika.