I am no tech genius but what’s wrong with a court order to give the FBI the password to this one phone? Why are we talking backdoors here.
You are right about that.
This is going to be a tricky precident. Do they satisfy the people wanting possible answers to the earlier terrorist attack, to get more info, which opens the back door... Or do they say no, and not do it , and be blamed in the public eye for not helping. Either way, not good for Apple and not good for iPhone.
If it’s done, not good for at all, big government win.
If it’s not done, so much bad press for Apple
It’s a no win situation. Just my simple opinion.
Why can’t Apple just unlock this one phone for the FBI?
Apple doesn’t have the passcode, the phone has it but it is encrypted. It’s not a fancy passcode—usually only 4 digits. Problem is the phone automatically wipes itself after so many failed attempts to enter the passcode—so brute force won’t work. The government is ordering Apple to write a new IOS that will disable the security feature. It can’t write an IOS for just this one phone—it will be able to break all IPhones’ security.
It really is amazing when you think of it—a 4-digit passcode is unbreakable by our government’s best and brightest. (I keep thinking of SpaceBalls where the secret code is 1234, which is the same as the President’s suitcase. I wonder I f they tried 1234 just to see?)
Apple does not possess or have access to the password and encryption keys. The only way for the government to gain access is for Apple to create a “back door” operating system.
The government appears to be deliberately creating a false sense of limit in the effects of this case, much like when seat belts were “never going to be a primary offense” that could cause one to be stopped.