I'll take this a step further. Ultimately Director James Comey and the FBI want a future where it is illegal or impractical to deploy strong encryption without

I'll take this a step further. Ultimately Director James Comey and the FBI want a future where it is illegal or impractical to deploy strong encryption without key escrow. Few companies, actually practically no one, will offer encryption if it's going to cost them tremendous amounts of money and engineer time to hack each and every device on a piecemeal basis. The siren call of key escrow or an alternate decryption key that they maintain will be irresistible. Or the industry will move back in the direction of unencrypted devices, which would be just fine by the FBI. EDIT TO ADD - I've expanded my thoughts on this into a post on by blog https://rietta.com/blog/2016/03/16/its-not-just-one-iphone/ https://rietta.com/blog/2016/03/16/its-not-just-one-iphone/