&gt; The Federal government isn&#x27;t asking Apple to create a backdoor. Their asking apple to use the backdoor that already exists.<p>Basically.  Unfortunately, most of the reporting is focused on the payload Apple is being asked to create and doesn&#x27;t draw enough attention to that &quot;existing backdoor&quot; that will allow such a payload to be successfully installed.<p>Eliminating that &quot;existing backdoor&quot; should be a priority. I see some, here, expressing the thought that Apple might be working on that.  I think Apple needs to be pressed, hard, on that very subject.