At the end of the day, he says, governments must accept that uncrackable encryption is here to stay. “That ship has sailed,” says Martin. “I think, ultimately, governments are gonna have to come to terms with this. And I suspect in the long term that trying to compel the global titans of the [US] West Coast is not going to work.”

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2473425-ex-uk-cyber-chief-says-asking-apple-to-break-encryption-was-naive/