Apple, Microsoft etal have been in bed with NSA and other federal agencies for many years.
Their claims of protecting consumer privacy are total and complete lies.
You have _no_ reasonable expectation of privacy.
Fuggedaboutit.
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/microsoft-programmed-in-nsa-backdoor-in-windows-by-1999.html
The NSA access system is built into every version of the Windows operating system now in use, except early releases of Windows 95 (and its predecessors).
My thoughts exactly. My guess is a backroom deal was struck between the FBI and Apple to quietly make the issue go away. Apple (and its shareholders) don’t need bad publicity. No matter which side of this issue one is on, one has to appreciate that protecting the privacy of a dead terrorist doesn’t play well with many potential Apple customers.
You always have to consider that anything you say, write, type, record, email, or any other type of communication, whether electronic or verbal that there is somebody recording your conversations for future use against you.
The only things really safe are the things inside your head, and that may not last much longer.