&gt; If the FBI can pay a million for the hack, what&#x27;s stopping Apple?<p>Apple is not a government and does not act &quot;in good faith of all - we the people&quot;.<p>In other words - its okay for the GOV to pay a company to extract data from someone&#x27;s phone (aka &quot;hacking&quot;), it is illegal for a citizen to do so, whether you&#x27;re paying to crack a phone, or paying to break into someone&#x27;s house.