> We're talking about cracking a 4 digit access code of a phone, which is extremely easy. Technically, it's obviously not just a 4-digit access code that preve

> We're talking about cracking a 4 digit access code of a phone, which is extremely easy. Technically, it's obviously not just a 4-digit access code that prevents FBI to unlock the phone, otherwise they wouldn't demand Apple to produce the whole new version of their iOS and setup them special access only to enable that. And even more important, the legal basis they claim to have is the "we can do anything" sentence from 1789: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11165699 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11165699 There's nothing about the obligation of companies to do something specific there, certainly not about changing their own products or making the new ones.