&gt;I&#x27;m really trying to figure out what this case is really about, vs. what the players are saying it is about.<p>If the government hacks the iPhone themselves, they don&#x27;t get the legal precedent they are so desperate to establish in this case. This paves the way for legislation that forces technology companies to install backdoors in software&#x2F;hardware. This case is not about the data on the phone itself, the government is simply continuing the crypto  wars.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Crypto_Wars" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Crypto_Wars</a>