Clearly, you know little about cyber security including what a “back door” is. The FBI is NOT asking Apple for a back door.
No, what they are asking is worse. They are asking Apple to create a new version of iOS that removes the safeguards against brute-force hacking, load that update on the phone, and then give the phone back to the government to hack.
Once given back, the government will have the firmware necessary to downgrade the security of ANY iPhone, and even do so remotely. They aren’t asking for a backdoor; they are asking for an entirely new iOS that they can use at their leisure. Comes pretty close to involuntary servitude.
It would be like a judge ordering me to construct a set of lockpicking tools in my basement for the government to use on my neighbor’s front door, simply because I helped him hang the door. At that point, there’s nothing the government can’t order you to do. You can’t be opposed to Obamacare and be for this... it’s the same principle...
Apple upped the security in iOS 8. They say that even they can’t crack it. If you lose your passcode for you own phone, they can’t help you.
Digital privacy is becoming a big issue as more of our personal stuff is digitized, and goes mobile. Threats can come from the other side of the world with a literal push of a button.
Apple took a proactive approach. The government doesn’t like it. They want to be able to spy on anyone with impunity. And while this request seems innocent enough, their long game will end up being a mandated backdoor.
Technically correct.
You and I both know however, that once Apple develops a "patch" or enables access to the phone's data via any method not at the consent of the user / phone owner, that's the equivalent of a "back door."
Once Apple does it for one phone, they can expect warrants from the Feds to do the same for tens of thousands of phones.