This has been a problem for like 4-5 election cycles now. The US didn't do squat in this space since Microsoft, and even that was milquetoast. To be honest, they didn't do much this time either, for now.
Topic aside, Merrick Garland is just so disappointing... Every time I see him, he is just such a wasted opportunity. He truly needs to go down as one of history's most prominent cowards.
Yes, we know. You want to put a backdoor into one of the worlds largest and most secure smartphones by weakening its ability to protect it's users data.
Don't make this a false dichotomy. Neither excludes the other. The person you replied to is building a strawman, don't try to counter that by a false dichotomy that also includes a new strawman.
That's not what's discussed here. It's not about weakening encryption, it's about the bullshit Apple continues to make up to prevent 3rd Party app stores and such.