It's worse than that. The FBI wanted Apple to create a means to install a backdoor on all Apple iPhones, one that would allow them to gain access. They assumed that such a backdoor could be kept secret. That has NEVER happened in the past. Every time such an assurance has been made, it has never survived the first court case, as the defense demands access to the codes to be sure it actually exists, allow their "experts" to duplicate the unlock, and even though released to them defense under "court seal" someone in the process can't resist keeping a copy, and then in some instances, the press demands, under the open court rules, that THEY also get access. and bubble headed judges release copies to them as well in the interests of the "public's right to know." That's exactly what happened to the security of RIM and Blackberry phones when RIM agreed to allow a Blackberry to be unlocked to convict a child-molester.
As Tim Cook put it, security is binary; it's either secure or it's not. Same with encryption. You provide a backdoor, and the mere knowledge there is one is a guarantee it will be found.
Did they ever successfully get into the San Bernadino phone? What the straight info there? I’ve seen some here saying some Israeli company did it quickly and easily. Not sure if thats true at all.
Any info from where you sit?