[Swordmaker]

My opinion is that Apple should be using an encryption scheme for which there is no backdoor entry. Why did Apple include a backdoor even though they haven't implemented the backdoor opener yet. Why haven’t they already implemented it?

My guideline is, if I had super-secret information, don't keep it on a cell phone.

Apple was the first to use 256 bit AES encryption on their iOS devices. Why do you think the FBI and the NSA and the Federal government is powerless to get at the data on this iPhone? Apple has NOT included a backdoor opener and the data on the iPhone IS encrypted. All Apple has been ordered to do at this point is defeat the iPhone 5C's automatic data erasure protection after 10 attempts at brute force guessing the pass code to unlock the device fail.

[cymbeline]

“Apple was the first to use 256 bit AES encryption on their iOS devices”

Interesting post. Is the 256 bit AES encryption something that can’t be broken in less than a very long time, say 100 years?

And gosh, is all the government is really demanding is the 10-attempt thing?

Sounds like no one is going to break into that phone.