[pgyanke]

I do not think that the Judge has ordered Apple to give the FBI carte blanche for all IPhones, merely to unlock the contents of this particular IPhone.

That's the rub. If Apple can find a way to break into this phone... no phone is actually secure.

[DiogenesLamp]

That's the rub. If Apple can find a way to break into this phone... no phone is actually secure.

My understanding of the History of encryption is that the decrypters always win eventually.

With Quantum computers coming down the pike, the only encryption that will be unbreakable is going to be quantum encryption.

Seriously, 256 bits will be nothing.