So the article's answer to "Why can't Apple decrypt your iPhone?" is: "Because Apple says that no software can extract the UID". In our post-Snowden world this

So the article's answer to "Why can't Apple decrypt your iPhone?" is: "Because Apple says that no software can extract the UID". In our post-Snowden world this is just ridiculous and intellectually insulting. The author is either naive beyond belief or he got paid to write this PR shill piece. cf. https://gigaom.com/2014/09/18/apples-warrant-canary-disappears-suggesting-new-patriot-act-demands/ https://gigaom.com/2014/09/18/apples-warrant-canary-disappea...