&gt; 1 - To whom do you suggest the government should be accountable?<p>Other governments and ultimately the citizenry as a whole.<p>&gt; if Apple cannot comply without endangering every iPhone owner, then the other owners of iPhones have a stake in the outcome<p>They do not. No more than owners of doors when the FBI executes a warrant.<p>&gt; The government&#x27;s right to investigate this crime doesn&#x27;t expand to the right to endanger millions of people&#x27;s privacy and security.<p>No plausible mechanism has ever been put forward where this would be the case.<p>&gt; Libertarian philosophy doesn&#x27;t suggest that you have a right to hurt other people, unless in self-defense.<p>Right, they attempted to coerce your staff on your premesis into acting against their own interests. This is a violation of the NAP and therefore any level of violence in self defence is justified.<p>This is one of the most core Libertarian beliefs.