&gt;They&#x27;ve unlocked many phones in the past for the government<p>I do not really see why this is always brought up.  Ofcourse they unlocked phones in the past,  they had a master password, they could not legally refuse to do it.  There was no legal way for them to resist such actions by the government<p>Do you understand the difference between the security model today, and previous versions of the iPhone?<p>Further I do believe there is a Fundamental Difference between Apple run by Steve Jobs, and Apple run by Tim Cook in how they view government. This is why your seeing Apple shift its technology to resist government agents as well as more &quot;traditional&quot; threats<p>&#x2F;&#x2F;For the Record,  I hate apples business model, and their Walled Garden Ecosystem.  I will never own a iPhone because of that, however this on going theme of &quot;well they unlocked it in the past&quot; is just technological ignorance that need to be put down.