&gt; How many criminals are you willing to let get away with their crimes? Apple has currently built a system that allows child abusers and some rapists to be all but immune from conviction.<p>Nonsense!  Believe it or not, prior to the existence of smart phones it was possible to convict people of abuse and rape; in fact, it happened quite regularly.  The evidence against such criminals need not be on a smartphone; after all, there are the victims; there are witnesses; there is forensic evidence.