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If anyone here has not yet read Judge Ornstein's Order, I recommend that you do so right away. I know it's long (50 pages) but it does a superb demolition job on the FBI's arguments.

And Comey will be well aware of the precedent this sets, and will have the FBI appeal it in New York. Ornstein has clearly foreseen this and his reasoning is quite extensive. He was well aware of the precedent-setting value of his Order (and noted it there).

Hey, cali, it's not their money. It's OUR money. They just get to control how it's spent. Now, if you can get Director Comey to cough up, say, $10,000 of his own money, then that might be a start. But I am sure he won't bet even a dime - of his own.

metrix: the FBI is also looking for (i.e. has warrants/orders for) about a dozen other iPhones. None of them, NOT ONE, involves "terrorism".

Be clear - the FBI is NOT "only seeking information on terrorist phones". Not at all.

Hay, AppleInsider: other forums assign certain topics to an area where anyone can post BUT only if they have a hundred previous posts. That is, newbies can read but not post.

This would be a good plan for you to adopt.

MagKaibigan said:

Apple has the social responsibility to cooperate with the government on the safety of its citizenry. Surely they have the expertise to unlock one phone without creating a backdoor software, which can then be destroyed after its specific use for one phone. If one more death occurs from this one unlocked phone, Apple would have blood on their hands.

Mag, you are quite right "Apple has the social responsibility to cooperate with the government on the safety of its citizenry". And that is what it has done. It is choosing to protect the many against the few.

"Surely they have the expertise to unlock one phone without creating a backdoor software, which can then be destroyed after its specific use for one phone"
That is a nice theory but perhaps you haven't noticed that the FBI has 9 (or 12) other cases pending. It's not "just this one" no matter how much Director Comey says it is. And the New York DA says that he has 175 cases. 

"If one more death occurs from this one unlocked phone, Apple would have blood on their hands."
I guess you aren't thinking at all about the people who are protected by the unavailability of their private information to the governments of China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and others. So, to point the question back to you for your consideration - how many deaths of dissidents in these countries will it take for you to accept that the blood is on your hands? If one more death occurs from Apple having to hack this one phone, then the blood is on your hands.

Chew that over before you post again.