> once the US can compel Apple to do this, What's to stop the FBI from repeating the same process in the future? Fighting future orders would be much harder af

> once the US can compel Apple to do this, What's to stop the FBI from repeating the same process in the future? Fighting future orders would be much harder after precedent is established. Remember that after James Comey talked about spending "a lot" to get into the San Bernadino phone, he wanted a way into the phones that "doesn't involve spending tons of money in a way that's un-scaleable."[1] [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/04/21/the-fbi-paid-more-than-1-million-to-crack-the-san-bernardino-iphone/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/04/2...