Get your paws off our iPhones, Cook tells world's cops

In this day and age, can a company hold the moral high ground when it comes to choosing between our privacy and our security? Apple boss Tim Cook really believes it can

Apple CEO Tim Cook at a news conference last week in New York. Photo: Richard Drew/AP

Adrian Weckler

It has been touted as "the most important tech case in a decade".

But can Apple stop governments ordering it to hack its own customers' iPhones? And who holds the moral high ground among companies and governments when it comes to the battle between privacy rights and national security?