re: #286 William Lewis

Sure they do - it’s in the phone (firmware) once they apply it. Then the FBI copies it out and boom, no phone of that model is safe. They also then have the code to reverse engineer. Soon no phone from the maker is safe.

As for why this is a bad thing, I’ll simply mention one word out of many: COINTELPRO

Anyone who thinks the FBI can be trusted with this is fooling themselves at best.

Again, from the court order, “If Apple determines that it can achieve the three functions stated above in paragraph 2, as well as the functionality set forth in paragraph 3, using an alternate technological means from that recommended by the government, and the government concurs, Apple may comply with this Order in that way.”
Apple does not have to give the govt. total access to all iphones.