&gt; It&#x27;s a very bad idea to wait until after the precedent is set to try to ensure that this does not become routine.<p>Well then why don&#x27;t we start making this case about abortion rights precedent, for how applicable it is? This has nothing to do with the general practice of making devices backdoorable in general. It is a straight forward search of a device with a warrant.<p>Apple failed to secure the 5c, but they don&#x27;t have to fail to secure others. I have every reason to believe they <i>could have</i> made the phone refuse to install updates without a user password, which would make this backdoor impossible.