The reality is that Apple already has unfettered access to this device: they left themselves a backdoor to which only they have the key, in the form of a &quot;secure&quot; update mechanism that is so &quot;secure&quot; that even the user can&#x27;t control it, only Apple can. To me the actual question here is whether the FBI should be allowed to ask and then force Apple to use the backdoor Apple built into their product; Apple painting this as if they are being asked to build a backdoor instead of use an existing one is them being nothing more than dishonest in an attempt to twist the story and shift the blame. So yes: I think it is fair to describe the security of this device, from the perspective of Apple, as nothing more than a ribbon, as Apple already has &quot;unfettered access to [your] data&quot;. Apple trusts users so little that they don&#x27;t give users control of the hardware they <i>own</i>... this is frankly a good lesson on them that this is responsibility they should never have hoarded. &quot;Here&#x27;s hoping that the iPhone 7 no longer has a backdoor that is controlled by Apple.&quot;