I&#x27;m still not convinced Cook is right. This phone may very well contain information which could save a lot of lives.<p>According to the article, the ballpark is 2 weeks of engineering, so it is probably done in less time.<p>Why so quickly? Because the user used an extremely weak password.<p>Security is also the responsibility of the user, not only the tech companies. If you are really concerned with your own privacy, than you shouldn&#x27;t encrypt your data with a 4 digit passphrase which is relatively easy to crack.<p>Considering the commited crime, and the relative ease of cracking the phone I&#x27;m in favor of the FBI. As long as the firmware is not handed over to them, but that should be possible I presume.<p>People worrying about Apple engineers smuggling the software outside should be worried everyday. People with access to the codebase can do this probably allready.