FA_Q2
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It may be nice for them to do so from a security standpoint but I am thinking that they are enjoying the positive press they are getting over this far to damn much. There certainly is a some sentiment that the stonewalling they are doing is bad but in the end the narrative that people are going to remember is that even the government cannot hack Apple's phones.Sorry if I didn't make it clear. I was suggesting that Apple voluntarily do it a certain way, since Apple is as anxious to defeat the terrorists as everyone else is.Because, again, that is compelling Apple to do the governments work for them and is a blatant attack on rights. The government does not have the power demand that you do the their work for them.
If the govt wants Apple to turn over the key (or whatever) that can decrypt that phone, and maybe get modified to decrypt others, Apple tells them to pound sand. And Apple then starts a bunch of public announcements saying, "We offered to decrypt that terrorists' phone and hand the govt the complete records it contained. And the govt turned us down! If the govt doesn't want those complete records, what DO they want???"