Which is probably why the FBI didn&#x27;t ask for access to this key (which, FWIW, is stored in an HSM at Apple, and so would have to be &quot;borrowed&quot; rather than copied): instead, they are asking Apple to provide a firmware which can be used &quot;onto the SUBJECT DEVICE&quot; (capitalization is from original text). The firmware update process requires signing a hash of the firmware with at least (depends on the device) the ECID of the specific device in question, and so if Apple complies with the order as written they actually only empower the FBI against this specific device. Again: they make it sound like some herculean task to build the <i>software</i>, but the only actual complexity here is the <i>signing</i>.