I’m no fan of Tim Cook’s lifestyle or politics, but he is 100% correct on not unlocking cell phones and no backdoors in encryption. Do that, and governments, criminals and hackers will have access to everything in your life, finances, health records, credit card transactions, opinions you post or talk on your phone, etc. It’s like they drilled a hole in your skull and put wires in.
As the article points out, our government already had access to data that could have kept the key player in the San Bernadino out of the US, but didn’t bother looking. Same deal on 911, open borders, visa overstays, Muslims taking flying lessons and little interest in how to land a plane, etc. TSA guys searching grandma, but waving young men with beards and Arab clothes through, pretend security.