Yes except the FBI wants to send the phone to Apple to do the hack and remotely access it so the firmware never leaves the building.<p>Apple&#x27;s claim is that this 1) may be abused by authorities through subsequent requests and 2) is too dangerous to create because &quot;cyber criminals&quot; will try to hack them and steal it.<p>Abuse is definitely a concern, although one would hope that could be resolved through democratic oversight, rather than shutting down the ability of law enforcement to obtain digital records under most circumstances.<p>But as for the concern about getting hacked, I wonder if Apple is being a bit coy. They already possess the private signing key. That&#x27;s already a super valuable secret that would allow criminals to install their own malcode. That danger already exists. It would be harder if the hacker also had to hack the firmware, but probably not harder than hacking Apple to get the private key in the first place.