The issue I have with Cook&#x27;s proclaiming support for strong encryption is that Apple still has control over what can and can&#x27;t install on the user&#x27;s device. So imagine if some strong agency came and said to a company you can&#x27;t allow certain apps to install and you can&#x27;t tell your customers we told you this. &quot;You can allow these apps that claim to encrypt user&#x27;s messages [list here], but not these [list here]&quot;. So some state could still strong arm Apple into compromising privacy and Apple would have their hands clean.<p>It seems that if you really want to guarantee privacy, you have to give the individual control over what they can install. Telling people to just &quot;trust us&quot; is not really good enough. And Cook is saying they are giving the user ultimate control by not having keys to their encryption but in reality that&#x27;s nonsense... they are still requiring people to trust them.