This issue goes back and forth. After something like 911 happens, we want the Patriot Act. Until now the big debate was whether the government could make manufacturers like Apple decrypt or knock their devices. According to the FBI, they are unable to unlock only about half the phones they have tried to examine. Trump administration seems to be stepping up this observation, requiring people to unlock their phones and telling Apple that Trump will seek regulations or a law that lets the government compel Apple and other device makers to unlock and decrypt the phones they make. Rand Paul, the Republican Libertarian and the ACLU are among the most consistent in protecting the right to privacy.