NYTimes: Opinion: In the Government vs. Apple, Who Wears the Black Hat?

NYTimes: Opinion: In the Government vs. Apple, Who Wears the Black Hat? by Robert Levine:

The government, not Apple, should guarantee our privacy rights. But this dispute has arisen precisely because the government hasn’t done so. Instead, it squandered much of its legal and moral authority when the National Security Agency engaged in widespread surveillance of American citizens for so long. Some N.S.A. abuses targeted Silicon Valley directly.