Yes, I was wrong about the OS. I meant to say that the hardware is older, iPhone 5c.
I do not agree that all iPhones would be at risk because I suspect that phones with older hardware may be more vulnerable. It looks to me that Apple can develop software for the older hardware in the 5c. Therefore it would not work on newer models.
Expect Court Orders until the FBI experts develop their own independent capability to access information without Apple intervention or help.
Given that we did not have this problem before mobile phone technology became popular, it may be very dangerous (in a business sense) for Apple to ignore the legitimate needs of authorities to access the information.
I do not think that the people of this country would appreciate knowing that criminals and terrorists would be the primary beneficiaries of Apple's privacy policies.
See my previous post on that topic. There should be a public discussion of this issue that brings up the FBI's points but also brings up my points. We have had this discussion before in the 90's. I was on the receiving end, and had to create software designs encompassing the Clipper chip. My main issue was complexity which did not bode well for security. The actual problem with the Clipper chip was that it motivated the rest of the world to create alternatives. That was hugely damaging for the US technical edge in practical symmetric encryption and PKI (we invented all of it). If we want to help the FBI we have to at least understand how not to create policies based on that experience.
They would not be the primary beneficiaries of the privacy policies. That's an absurdity. There are 800,000,000 million users of the iOer S ecosystem throughout the world. The estimated number of ISIS is under 300,000, and most of those are foot soldiers. The vast majority of users of iPhone security are average citizens who rely on it to keep their own credit/debit cards, and identity information secure from crooks. Making the assumption its not is ridiculous. That's like saying that secure bank account information is due to protecting drug dealers, terrorists, and other shady characters and not the general public from those types trying to steal THEIR money.