In February of 2016 the court case of the United States vs. Apple came heavily into headlines. Earlier in the year the FBI had issued an order to apple for the help of unlocking the phone of a terrorist that killed 14 and injured 22 people. Apple declined the order on the basis's of breaking user privacy and the excessive efforts that would be required to by the current encryption codes. With the FBI having access to unlock any iPhone they please on the line this case was widely talked about throughout the United States and many other countries.
In December of 2015, Syed Rizwan Farcook shot and killed 14 people while injuring 22 in San Bernardino, California. Shortly after Apple Inc. was issued an order to help