Government Protecting People? Really?

Today, an article written by The Telegraph titled, "Apple iTunes flaw 'allowed government spying for 3 years'" shows whether or not government entities in general are there to protect people.  Let's put aside the Apple Inc. for a moment.  Let's assume that the Apple is a bad company that didn't protect its consumers from potential security threat.  However, here we have a situation where governments knew about this for 3 years since 2008, and government entities used iTune's security flaws to snoop on other people by using the software called FinFisher developed by Gamma International (UK) who sells hacking services to governments.  "It is known to be used by British agencies and earlier this year records were discovered in abandoned offices of that showed it had been offered to Egypt’s feared secret police."


So, who is protect who?  Government officials always act outraged when they find something like this out.. They want an immediate investigation.  Sometimes, they send out letter like when Senator Charles Schumer of NY, USA sent out a letter to Steve Jobs about iPhone's antenna problem.  



[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8912714/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html
[2] http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10446402-245.html
[3] http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/senator-chuck-schumer-writes-open-letter-to-steve-jobs-world-is/