‘Privacy’ debate hits home

It’s all well and good for iPhone users and civil libertarians to fawn over Apple’s decision to fight a federal judge’s order to help the FBI unlock a terrorist’s iPhone. We wonder if their high-minded attitudes would change if they happened to make their homes in a gang-infested neighborhood.

Yes, privacy discussions are ever so compelling in theory, but the company’s refusal to assist the feds has implications right here in our own neighborhoods.