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vaughnv said:

I know nothing about encryption, but I can can think in general terms. Is it not possible for the FBI to turn the phone over to Apple and let them privately and secretly break the encryption on the phone (holding the pass code with Apple, not the FBI)? Couldn't Apple turn over the information from the cracked phone, but not the key? I suppose there must be numerous reasons to prevent this cooperation, but it seems like Apple could assist the FBI in fighting crime, while keeping their key proprietary.

Apple doesn't want to risk creating GovtOS even if it keeps it within its walls. Once done, there will be many points of attack within Apple for a bad agent to buy or get the sw out to bad guys (both private and government). 

Govt. would be 'priceless' as in millions of dollars available for the employee who 'gets the job done'. Everyone at Apple is honest, but what if $2M+ was coupled with a threat to the employee's family? Encryption cracked.

Merely creating this code is something Apple doesn't want to do because the history of encryption teaches something for us to get our heads around:

There are two types of encryption:

Encryption that has been cracked and

encryption that will be cracked.