Is it idiotic to assume a company embroiled in a debate about privacy and security for a communication device-- the biggest driver of revenue for the company, hired someone in the secure communications space to work on communications products?<p>Also, Apple has a PR problem and can&#x27;t operate without secure systems. Article title notwithstanding, it is a pretty big deal that while an intelligence agency is coming at them hard they hired a developer, in a very public manner, that&#x27;s application is used by the very person who made the evidence of surveillance known.<p>This could be a signal to the market that they not only passively oppose this, but they are actively locking down their systems and they won&#x27;t cooperate. Seems like a very sharp developer and as a bonus he did secure system messaging so it is not idiotic.<p>edit: I ammended post to reflect that he is likely not working on iPhone directly.