Apple&#x27;s brand was strong enough before this.<p>The risk of coordinating an attempt would be huge. If info got out, there&#x27;d be irreparable damage to a massive company.<p>Maybe they have their price and literally billions of dollars could have made it happen, but I think it&#x27;s pretty easy to understand how their success has instead come from attractive and effective products.<p>I have wondered before about whether intelligence organisations would be smart to co-opt&#x2F;fund rising communications companies, but there&#x27;d be too many people that&#x27;d have to be kept quiet. Probably not practical.