FBI could force us to turn on iPhone cameras and microphones, says Apple

Eddy Cue warns precedent set by San Bernardino case could lead to company being forced to turn users' smartphones into surveillance devices

If the FBI wins in its case against Apple to help it unlock the San Bernardino killer's iPhone 5C, it won't be long before the government forces Apple to turn on users' iPhone cameras and microphones to spy on them, according to the company's head of services Eddy Cue.

The FBI has demanded that Apple creates custom software that bypasses certain security features of the company's iOS to allow law enforcement to brute force the passcode of the gunman's iPhone 5C.