&gt; It&#x27;s too soon to get a feel for the media narrative, but, what do you think that will be? Doesn&#x27;t Apple buy ads?<p>Apple buys Ads but Apple &quot;cares&quot; only because of the PR value of encrypting things and the fact enough of Apple&#x27;s younger crowd would ditch them that it would eat into their quarterly profits. However, if its in the corner of losing 5% of their customers vs. a major legal war with the US Government, I&#x27;m not sure they&#x27;ll choose to fight much [if at all].<p>Apple buys Ads, yes, but so do 29103423904092334902 other companies. If Apple stops, they can get their money elsewhere. I&#x27;ve already heard tons of people insisting Apple shouldn&#x27;t be allowed to encrypt phones, so I&#x27;d say the media narrative is already playing out to Apple&#x27;s detriment.<p>&gt; Our media isn&#x27;t always pro-government, thankfully, so let&#x27;s see what comes out. So far I see reports of Cook&#x27;s statement, the Apple Q&amp;A, and Comey&#x27;s letter. Some are opinionated but most are just telling the story.<p><i></i>The vast majority of people IRL think I&#x27;m paranoid for believing:<i></i><p>1) Our law enforcement agencies are engaging in unreasonable levels of domestic mass surveillance.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;abc7.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;anaheim-police-eavesdropping-on-personal-calls-aclu-alleges&#x2F;1177266&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;abc7.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;anaheim-police-eavesdropping-on-persona...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;entry&#x2F;anaheim-cops-spy-program_us_56aa5ac3e4b0d82286d53737" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;entry&#x2F;anaheim-cops-spy-program...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.allgov.com&#x2F;usa&#x2F;ca&#x2F;news&#x2F;top-stories&#x2F;lapd-has-had-stingray-on-steroids-surveillance-equipment-for-a-decade-150812?news=857184" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.allgov.com&#x2F;usa&#x2F;ca&#x2F;news&#x2F;top-stories&#x2F;lapd-has-had-s...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.computerworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2930731&#x2F;security0&#x2F;surveillance-by-fbis-fleet-of-spy-planes-raises-privacy-questions.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.computerworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2930731&#x2F;security0&#x2F;surve...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;wonk&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2013&#x2F;06&#x2F;12&#x2F;heres-everything-we-know-about-prism-to-date&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;wonk&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2013&#x2F;06&#x2F;12&#x2F;heres...</a><p>2) Terrorists are less dangerous than medical errors and other problems. The emphasis on their existence and the threat they pose appears to be intentionally propagandized to enable #1.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnn.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;02&#x2F;us&#x2F;oregon-shooting-terrorism-gun-violence&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnn.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;02&#x2F;us&#x2F;oregon-shooting-terrorism-g...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;monkey-cage&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;23&#x2F;youre-more-likely-to-be-fatally-crushed-by-furniture-than-killed-by-a-terrorist&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;monkey-cage&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;2...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.healthcareitnews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;deaths-by-medical-mistakes-hit-records" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.healthcareitnews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;deaths-by-medical-mista...</a><p>3) I believe a large part of why people believe I&#x27;m paranoid is they largely operate in a soundbite environment when it comes to the news [largely by watching news from news networks, etc] rather than bothering to read it. The surveillance related issues seem to be largely only reported in written form and have relatively low circulation outside of media coverage of Snowden. People have already mostly forgotten &#x2F; stopped caring.