Remember, the terrorist DID NOT OWN THE PHONE!! It was the property of the county (he was a food inspector) who DID give permission to the FBI.
Cook, no doubt a gay icon, played milked the whole thing for every penny.
Besides, I’d say 14 people killed and scores more wounded, when the warrant was in place was a technicality. As in, I am pretty sure it could have been gotten in like 2 seconds flat.
FBI demanded a solution that would have put security of all cell phones at risk. Cook said no, as he should.
Frankly, you don't have a clue what you are talking about. See my reply above. I repeat, Apple volunteered to help unlock the work iPhone Syed was using, but the County IT guy under the FBI's direction CHANGED the AppleID, which locked everyone, including Apple out of it. Apple HAD Syed's AppleID with which they could have, had they been permitted to help, unlocked the iPhone.
So the terrorist didn’t own the phone.
Owner had the password, which Apple would compliantly used to open the full data store.
But the owner & FBI didn’t do the obvious, which Apple would have assisted with.
The owner promptly change the password, then promptly forgot it.
The owner turned a simple warrant request into a nearly unbreakable condition.
Then the FBI demanded not a direct unlocking, but a tool whereby a great many phones would be rendered easily breached without warrant.