> Does making the hardware HIPPA compliant give any special protections agains FBI requests unlock phone or other government regulations and requests? Not in

> Does making the hardware HIPPA compliant give any special protections agains FBI requests unlock phone or other government regulations and requests? Not in the least, and it's sort of a category error to say "make the hardware HIPAA-compliant". Apple doesn't really have to do anything to make the hardware HIPAA-compliant. In fact, pretty much any phone that's on the market today could be used for accessing protected health information in full compliance with HIPAA. What happens at the software level is more relevant.