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Quiet discussions between the FBI and Apple over gaining access to data on an iPhone belonging to the employer of one of the terrorists involved in shooting dead 14 people in California were suddenly thrust into the public domain when the FBI obtained a court order on February 16, demanding that Apple meet its requests.

There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Thus spake the Bard. And Swiss company ProtonMail has done just this, launching an encrypted email service at a time when encryption is very much at the top of the tech agenda.

The war of words between Apple and the FBI continues with the former on Tuesday responding to a filing by the Department of Justice last Thursday, saying that the court should reject the request for creation of a modified version of iOS because the "All Writs Act does not authorise such relief, and the Constitution forbids it".