This sounds exactly right.  From an article I posted earlier[1]:<p>&gt; In interviews with BuzzFeed News Wednesday, the former officers with the FBI and NSA acknowledged that U.S. intelligence agencies have technology that has been used in past intelligence-gathering operations to break into locked phones. The question, they added, was whether it was worthwhile for the FBI to deploy that technology, rather than setting a precedent through the courts.<p>This article seems to confirm that Law Enforcement is going to do its best to set a legal precedent.<p>[1] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11163338" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11163338</a>