[jjcon]

>I’d say we deal with it if and when it happens.

By the time we know that it is happening it will be far more difficult to do something about it (see Snowden and the Patriot Act).

[zepto]

Now is the time to do something about it, but aiming at Apple is just an ineffective approach.

The only protection against future abuse, whether or not this mechanism is deployed, is a legal system that cares.