Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   Back door to Apple phones Date:   2/25/2016 11:16:36 PM (updated 2/25/2016 11:20:04 PM)

In this case the good of the all trumps unreasonable search and seizure.  Would be hard for the phone owner to object in any case, as he is pushing up daisies.

And I have no doubt that Apple can discern the phone's contents.  An institution like that always engineers a back door.  It is just held at a level of security that would make the CIA proud.

As I understand it the FBI didn't ask for the keys to the kingdom.  In my view the simple solution is to give the phone to Apple and ask them to provide the FBI with its contents.  No questions asked, just what does it contain.  They don't even have to reveal that Apple did it.  The FBI is pretty good at maintaining confidentiality and the buying public doesn't know the difference.  And Apple would be motivated to keep secret that they read the phone's contents so they could maintain the aura of invincibility with their buying public.