Crazy times were living in When the government starts controlling every aspect of your lives.I wonder if they paid them off or they were just threatened with something awful.
What's interesting is that Apple's stance on (and execution in their products) encryption, is really pissing off the feds and law enforcement. However, Apple has to much money to be fucked with. Rhino Labs, not so much.
As a manager for a telco/ISP provider, we too have been visited by the "Men in Black" shortly after CALEA and PATRIOT to inform us that we will comply....or else.