I don&#x27;t think so.  But Apple could face some hefty fines, and they would offer engineers more money to avoid such fines.<p>If every engineer refused to do it at any price, Apple would cease to exist.<p>Around  2007-2008, Yahoo faced a $250,000 per day fine for non-compliance with the NSA&#x27;s Prism program [1], according to documents released in 2014 [2]<p>Note also that the CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang left his position at the end of 2008, after which time, it seems, they became compliant and the orders stopped.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;PRISM_%28surveillance_program%29" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;PRISM_%28surveillance_program%...</a>
[2] <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>