After the Patriot Act people were worried about their government watching their every move. 9/11 made people terrified of terrorists and willing to harm innocent people because of their race/ religion. But, when they have people who have been proven guilty of terrorism, they are not willing to let the government into their phones to catch more terrorists. The government has a warrant to search the iphone of Syed Farook but Apple won't allow it. Their claim is that they want to protect the privacy of their customers, but do they want to protect the pedophills and terrorists who harm thousands of people? There could be crucial information on these devices that can’t be accessed because Apple won't give access to one iphone.
