re: Report: Apple can bypass the lockscreen on iphone5c to comply with FBI

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Maybe that's their argument, but it doesn't matter. There is a court order. Apple has to comply, or they are in contempt.

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I don't understand what this has to do with anything at all. The argument isn't about whether or not disobeying a court order equals contempt. We all know that it does. The argument also isn't about the government forcing Apple to unlock a phone. It's about what would have to happen for the phone to be unlocked. The FBI is demanding that Apple develop technology that does not currently exist. Technology that would undermine the security of their products and the integrity of their brand. If this technology already existed, then sure, unlock the phone. But the firmware needed doesn't, and demanding that it be created is an overstep. What if they demanded that Wells Fargo build back doors into all of their vaults for "government use only?"