Probably talking about PRISM and the slide somewhere showing Apple participating. IIRC that was form 2008 or whereabouts when iPhone was a year old and had now secure enclave.
For some reason people assume nothing ever changes.
The law that allowed them to do this never got repealed, so you know it didn't get any better. Everything is changing... but it's not changing for the better, yet.
Citation?
I can't believe that people already forgot... especially on this site...