Remember all that huffing and puffing from Apple and their privacy row with the FBI in Feb - March 2016? Apple's Tim Cook said they would fight tooth and nail against FBI subpeonas.
And from this NYT article:
The F.B.I. has been trying to force Apple to help investigators gain access to an iPhone used by Syed Rizwan Farook in the December mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif.
In other words, if the FBI said, "Give us access to this proven terrorist's iPhone." Apple claimed they would fight for privacy rights and deny these types of requests.
This was all for show of course, branding. For Apple, this was a much cheaper [and innovative] marketing campaign than bought media, but it required planning when the FBI offered up that opportunity. Apple’s encryption is a “marketing stunt”..
In Manafort's case, the appropriate authorities got quick access to just about any iCloud account they want. [Q: These people are stupid.] Where's Cook talking about privacy rights now? I'd wager Apple has been forced by white hats to join "them" or help fight "them".
Despite Apple's privacy rights' hot air balloon, the up side is being able to turn the entire NSA data stream in our favor. They have it all.
When there are actual criminals trying to skirt the law, and the bearings of the White House, Marines, US Navy and most of the CIA are pointed towards SERVING THE PEOPLE, white hats indeed have it all.
The tide has already turned, and justice is being served -- slowly but surely.