&gt;&gt; You&#x27;ve said you know they can and are now saying you don&#x27;t believe that they can&#x27;t. So how exactly should they decrypt encrypted data without the pass code it was encrypted with?<p>Sorry, I meant to say &quot;As an engineer, I&#x27;ve got a hard time believing that Apple can&#x27;t crack their own phone&quot;. Thanks for clarifying it up.