To play the devil&#x27;s advocate, LE can get a court order to search your house, your car, your file folder, tap your phone, and so on, and that&#x27;s viewed as fair by most people, since there are some checks and balances: they have to convince a judge (we&#x27;re not talking about the secret NSA court stuff), and have to stick to some rules when they do it.<p>Why should they not be able to search phones on a case by case basis, with a court order?<p>That&#x27;s something reasonable people are going to ask.<p>Edit: This is a pretty good analysis of why turning over a tool to the FBI is a terrible idea: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.zdziarski.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;?p=5645" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.zdziarski.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;?p=5645</a> - but the FBI is saying they don&#x27;t want that.  The guy in the blog disagrees.<p>Let&#x27;s say they meant what they said and everything stays inside Apple.  Why shouldn&#x27;t a court be able to order a search?