In all likelihood, the NSA has already created this hacked version of iOS that does exactly what the FBI is requesting. The government can probably already get the data off of the phone if that&#x27;s all they&#x27;re after. But it probably isn&#x27;t. I imagine all of this is so the government can try to set precedent in order to publicly use that technology in courtrooms and investigations instead of having to keep it hidden from the world.