This is always framed as a conflict between the government and &quot;the people&quot; but it&#x27;s every bit as much a conflict between the government and a handful of hundred-billion-dollar megacorporations.  Some of these entities are going to benefit from having enormous quantities of data at their disposal, it&#x27;s just a question of which ones.<p>Zuckerberg&#x27;s sort of aloof reaction to Apple&#x27;s plight is telling.  If it were really about citizens&#x27; rights then he would be every bit as outraged as when the FBI orders Facebook to hand data over.