The pedo angle was a weak spin at best. Most people don't want all of their private photos/videos/messages/emails scanned and documented by Apple or any other company, in fact the majority of the backdoors and post 9/11 surveillance measures have primarily been used to prosecute drug dealers .
The pedo angle was a weak spin at best. Most people don't want all of their private photos/videos/messages/emails scanned and documented by Apple or any other company, in fact the majority of the backdoors and post 9/11 surveillance measures have primarily been used to [prosecute drug dealers ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/10/29/surprise-controversial-patriot-act-power-now-overwhelmingly-used-in-drug-investigations/).
So Pedophiles won the battle I see.