Apple Encryption Engineers, If Ordered to Unlock iPhone, Might Resist
I honestly feel that engineers need not fall on their swords over this.  The decision is up to them, of course.  But ultimately, shareholders would expect <i>someone</i> to comply with the court order should the DOJ win.  Note that Yahoo was threatened with <i>daily</i> fines of $250,000 for failing to comply in a FISA court case in 2008, and we only just learned this in 2014 [1].<p>I don&#x27;t think we would live in a forced back door world for too long.  After another 2, 4, or 8 years, we will eventually realize that giving the government a back door to the iPhone did not give it a back door to the myriad of other encrypted communications tools out there.  Terrorists will find other ways to hide their communications.<p>I really don&#x27;t want to see Apple lose this case, or any sort of anti-encryption bill.  I also wouldn&#x27;t want to see someone throw away working at Apple over it.  Apple can maintain its integrity by complying with the law as it has publicly stated.  Engineers can remain true to an employer they respect knowing said employer did everything they could to resist the government.  There aren&#x27;t many great employers out there like this.  Don&#x27;t take it for granted.<p>That&#x27;s just my 2c.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2014&#x2F;sep&#x2F;11&#x2F;yahoo-nsa-lawsuit-documents-fine-user-data-refusal" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2014&#x2F;sep&#x2F;11&#x2F;yahoo-nsa-lawsu...</a>