&gt; This FAQ has more than 1000 words, but these are the words that matter:<p>&gt; &gt; The only way to guarantee that such a powerful tool isn’t abused and doesn’t fall into the wrong hands is to never create it.<p>And of course, that&#x27;s also wrong.  The only way to guarantee that such a powerful tool isn&#x27;t abused it and doesn&#x27;t fall into the wrong hands is to make it impossible for such a tool to exist, not to refuse to create it.<p>Right now, today, Apple has the ability to create such a tool.  Some finite number of human beings at Apple have the ability to create such a tool on their own initiative, e.g. were they disgruntled.<p>It should be <i>impossible</i> for Apple, or disgruntled Apple employees, or any nation state, to create such a tool.<p>Otherwise, it will eventually be created, because if something is possible then is eventually probable.