Even when the whole San Bernardino thing happened, the FBI could already unlock the device. But they kept quiet so they can get their legal precedent. https://

Even when the whole San Bernardino thing happened, the FBI could already unlock the device. But they kept quiet so they can get their legal precedent. https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4424780/Fbi-Iphone-IG.pdf https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4424780/Fbi-Iphon... Also, let's assume this "solution" gets implemented into every smartphone out there. And then we discover that it actually doesn't work as well as theorized, and it can now be abused by hackers. What then? Will the FBI agree to put that genie back in the bottle and have all OEMs remove support for this solution? Or will they go whine to the media and Congress that this solution can't be removed because "it's been so helpful in catching criminals and that odd kidnapper out of 1,000 cases", as they usually do when defending surveillance powers they've already had for a decade, whether illegally or legally, and then someone tries to rein in on those powers? Criminals are not "going dark". If anything, there's been an Enlightenment Age of Surveillance over the past two decades. They have more data and more tools than ever (including the recent FISA law that allows the FBI to see all raw data going through ISP cables). And perhaps that's the problem, and why they keep missing so many cases. Too much noise that's captured. It doesn't look like the FBI and the US government will ever be satisfied with anything other than complete surveillance of everything US citizens are doing - which is exactly what China is implementing right now. https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/surveillance-03302018111415.html https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/surveillance-03302018... (By the way, in relation to that article, the FBI is already seeking access to whatever Alexa and other such devices are recording, which could be increasingly more data as the tech improves). Does anyone here actually believe that this is not actually FBI's goal? Or do they think that if this solution will be implemented, they won't find some other thing to complain about? Maybe open source encryption?