Comment by lotsofpulp
16 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93FBI_encryption_d...
Obviously, Apple is going to comply with US federal law, given that their headquarters and employees are there, as well as their most profitable market. But when possible, they have shown themselves willing to fight against intrusion.
Two things,
First, that's notably the FBI and not NSA. As gp says, NSA has greater powers with less legal oversight on national security grounds.
Second, a cynic might argue that Apple put up a noisy, principled fight that one time precisely to create the perception that you have here. It could be the FBI learned data requests to Apple are a dead end!
Or the two came to a mutually beneficial understanding: "don't come in the front door waving a court order for the cameras and we'll see what we can do when our reputation isn't on the line, see? And maybe if we help out, that antitrust investigation isn't necessary after all!"
FISA courts and patriot act came way before iPhone, how is Apple going to fight a law that is already on the books?
A proposed law, or bill, like the one in the OP’s article, can be fought against.