Comment by GeekyBear

Apple has already fought US government demands that they push an update that would allow the US governmrnt to break encryption on a user's device.

> In 2015 and 2016, Apple Inc. received and objected to or challenged at least 11 orders issued by United States district courts under the All Writs Act of 1789. Most of these seek to compel Apple "to use its existing capabilities to extract data like contacts, photos and calls from locked iPhones running on operating systems iOS 7 and older" in order to assist in criminal investigations and prosecutions. A few requests, however, involve phones with more extensive security protections, which Apple has no current ability to break. These orders would compel Apple to write new software that would let the government bypass these devices' security and unlock the phones.

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93FBI_encryption_...