Welcome Taxis ProRata, where we take just 10 minutes to get you smarter on the collision of tech,

business, and politics. I'm Dan Permac on today's show, big money for flying taxis and why Twitter

won't be getting an edit button. The first, Trump versus Apple. So early last December,

a member of the Royal Saudi Air Force was training at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida,

when he opened fire, killing three people and injuring eight others. He was then shot dead by

local police. One big question over this incident, of course, is if the terrorist acted alone

or if he had help.

And to determine that, the FBI and Justice Department really want to get into the shooter's iPhone.

Trouble is, the iPhone is locked, and Apple has intentionally not created back doors to open iPhones

up. The result has been an escalating war of words between the White House and Cupertino.

From the White House's perspective, this is about national security and protecting American lives,

the sort of thing that is inherently superior to any tech company's internal policies.

From Apple's point of view, it already handed over a trove of information from the shooter's

iCloud account, data that Apple stores

on its own servers, and were to create a backdoor, all sorts of other, perhaps more unsavory

actors could possibly use those same keys for nefarious purposes. This is, in short, both a

philosophical and pragmatic battle between two of America's most powerful institutions and one

that could wind up in the courts.

In 15 seconds, we'll go deeper with New York Times tech reporter Jack Nickus.

But first, this.

Axios chief technology correspondent, Ina Freed, shares breaking news and analysis on the most consequential companies and players in tech, from the Valley to D.C.

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