>Are you not aware that Apple has beaten the FBI several times in court and did not have to unlock an iPhone This is not quite what happened. In the most famou

>Are you not aware that Apple has beaten the FBI several times in court and did not have to unlock an iPhone This is not quite what happened. In the most famous cases, the FBI wanted (effectively) for Apple to build them a back donor that they could use as they wished. Apple argued that while it was legal for the government to demand information with a warrant, it was not legal to force programmers to write code for the FBI under threat of legal action. Moreover the case was dismissed after the FBI admitted they could already access the phone in question, having purchased an exploit for it from a vendor.