One of the many problems with the way the FBI is asking for Apple to get into the phone is they are asking for a tool (an instrument) to be built, not for Apple

One of the many problems with the way the FBI is asking for Apple to get into the phone is they are asking for a tool (an instrument) to be built, not for Apple to just give them the data. The FBI could have filed for Apple to get them the data by brute forcing the pin code. They didn't ask for that, they asked for Apple to make a tool that could be used by the FBI to brute force the pin code themselves. This is a huge difference when you are talking about the legal system. Jonathan A. Zdziarski, who has a little bit of experience with forensic tools and expert testimony, has written a post about this specific issue: http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=5645 http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=5645 In the end, forcing Apple to build a tool to be used at trial, it would end up forcing them to release the code to many different people for 3rd party verification that the tool works properly for forensic purposes. This lawsuit (using a law from the late 1700's, remember we became a country in 1776) is completely political and absolutely has nothing to do with getting into this specific device. It is about forcing a legal precedent and to force Apple into doing something they want without going through Congress.