>>However, Apple is a neutral third party that holds information needed in an investigation. No, they may have the technical ability to weaken a product they m

>>However, Apple is a neutral third party that holds information needed in an investigation. No, they may have the technical ability to weaken a product they made, which may hold information needed in the investigation. They already provided the information they actually have access to (the iCloud backups). If they are indeed forced to do this, I expect the market cap of AAPL will drop significantly (billions of dollars, most likely) to reflect the weakened security of their product. Is that a reasonable thing for the government to require of a neutral third party?