The whole Apple&#x2F;FBI fracas is about promoting smartphones as the centre of our universe: the confluence of medical, financial, and all other personal information. If Apple can convince us that smartphones are secure, there are lucrative opportunities for smartphone technology to become ubiquitous and pervasive in our lives.<p>Unfortunately, it will always be necessary for law enforcement to have access to bad guys&#x27; stuff. The Fourth Amendment guarantees your privacy, but police can break down your door and seize your financial and medical records if they have reasonable grounds to suspect you. Why should your smartphone be different?<p>The smartphone is not an inalienable right. We are confusing convenience with fundamental rights; technology with entitlement.<p>If you don&#x27;t trust your smartphone to be impregnable, then guess what? Don&#x27;t put your medical &amp; financial info on your smartphone. There was an epoch when we actually did banking &amp; medicine without smartphones.<p>Apple, unlock the terrorist&#x27;s iPhone, and resign yourself to a reduction in sales.