The case marked one of the highest-profile clashes in the debate over encryption and data privacy between the government and a technology company. Law enforcement authorities say that encryption used by the likes of Apple makes it harder for them to solve cases and stop terrorist attacks.
It makes it harder for the government to catch terrorist if they can't get access to their cell phones.
. Apple declined to help the FBI.
The company doesn't want to have a bad reputation and lose money from selling phones do to the lack of trust from its clients if they give a client privacy away.
But the larger debate between technology firms and law enforcement authorities over data privacy and access remains.
The FbI and Apple are arguing weather its an invasion of privacy to the client .