Apple can comply with the FBI court order
I know my opinion is probably not popular, but if there was a way for Apple to physically install a firmware on a single device to allow for brute-forcing and if Apple did that in response to a direct court order, then this is probably the best compromise we can get.I really believe that there should be a way for law-enforcement to get access to specific devices in response to a court order as long as the solution doesn't involve weakening the encryption for everybody else.I'm absolutely against backdoors, secret* keys or similar crap. But physically access a single device in order to make brute-forcing it possible, that seems acceptable to me as that won't affect any other device.That would be similar to a court order allowing law enforcement to enter your premises and take out the safe in order to pry it open at some other location where specialised equipment is available.If this is all law enforcement wants, then maybe it's time to hand this over before law enforcement wants even more which will doubtless pave the way for mass surveillance of devices.* until they leak. Then everybody has access.