- Apple isn't protecting a shooter's iPhone data. They're defending digital privacy | As CEO Tim Cook’s open letter to customers stating that Apple would oppose the order points out, the request ‘has implications far beyond the legal case at hand’ http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/18/san-bernardino-shooter-iphone-apple-tim-cook-fbi-decrypt-unlock 1504 comments technology