&gt; The more important question is &quot;Should the government be able to access citizen&#x27;s digital data with a court order? And if so, how can that be enabled without compromising the general security of the device?<p>The government already does have access to these citizens&#x27; data. That data simply has the quality of having been encrypted.<p>If I have printed encrypted text and lock it in my home safe, when the government gets a court order to search my house, they&#x27;ll have complete access to those documents. They can&#x27;t compel me to decipher those documents though, it&#x27;s on them to break the encryption.<p>It&#x27;s the same situation here. Here, Apple may be able to perform that decription service for the government.<p>The question to me is, should the government be legally able to press a person or firm into service?