spinnor

Thanks to all who responded! So as I understand it, in the case at hand, even Apple can not get the info off the phone, the encryption is that good?

I completely agree that forcing Apple to produce phones that the government can open at will is a bad idea because sooner or later everyone will be hacking your phone.

If the government wants phone info all they have to do is completely monitor and record all phone traffic, don't they do that anyway, wink, wink? I don't think most of the public is ok with that.

If Apple wants to strengthen their support they need to make it simple for idiots like me to understand.

Thanks again!

Can someone please explain to me why Apple can't just give the government the information on the phone, destroy the phone and wait for the next mass murder case to have to open another phone? The government should not be able to open the phone, just Apple when there is such an extreme case at hand. Don't give the government the key to the phone just the info on the phone? I don't get it.

Thanks for any help in understanding why Apple can't just give the government info on a phone of mass murderers on a case by case basis.