I&#x27;m saying the government framed it in a weird way. The court case compels Apple to act. That&#x27;s clearly wrong.<p>However, Apple is a neutral third party that holds information needed in an investigation. And there are ways to use this information securely. And the phone is clearly connected to a crime.<p>So it should be easy for the government to formulate a request that Apple cannot refuse under the law.<p>Why the FBI asked for something else, I don&#x27;t know.<p>What Apple should do now is as soon as possible to roll out a firmware upgrade that locks them out of all phones that are currently in use. Then next time, it will be impossible for Apple to help.