&gt; favoring the government over Apple in this because you prefer free software seems like an extemely counterproductive move.<p>I&#x27;m not sure where you got that impression.  I apologize if I was unclear.<p>It&#x27;s essential that Apple fight this order, and essential that everyone do everything they can to ensure that this precedent is not allowed.<p>My comments were about the OP&#x27;s comments about tradeoff between freedom and security.<p>As I summarized elsewhere:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;social.mikegerwitz.com&#x2F;notice&#x2F;6552" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;social.mikegerwitz.com&#x2F;notice&#x2F;6552</a><p>We shouldn&#x27;t agree with Apple&#x27;s position on many things.<p>But it is _essential_ that this precedent---government-mandated backdoors---not be allowed. The stage on which we fight the crypto wars is shared by what would be our enemies in many other respects. So yes, we should choose our own shoes: we can stand with Apple in resisting this order while at the same time standing _against_ them for all of their other evils. This issue does not somehow legitimize all of their other evils.