In February 2016, a lot of press was made about the FBI wanting Apple to develop a backdoor for the iPhone 5C used by one of the San Bernadino terrorists. The letter was a gentle, yet firm, statement expressing Apple’s sympathies for the victims of the San Bernadino terror attack, but reluctance to set a dangerous precedent about what power the Federal Government, specifically the FBI, could impose on private American companies. What the FBI supporters failed to understand in this affair was the dangerous precedent that would be set if Apple were kowtowed to the FBI.