So there&#x27;s an encrypted blob. The way you input a password has nothing to do with that blob or the encryption that was used to create it.<p>The argument that this would be some kind of cryptographic back door seems a little specious to me, and I&#x27;m usually the biggest edgelord imaginable when it comes to decrying government surveillance.<p>If we were talking about a safe somewhere, and the government asked the safe manufacturer to create a physical device that makes it easier to open existing safes, that would not seem reasonable to me, but it also would be ludicrous to claim that represents a &quot;back door.&quot; If that&#x27;s a back door, then the back door already existed.<p>So in Apple&#x27;s case, the government says &quot;we need the data out of this device&quot; and that&#x27;s apparently a solvable problem. Can someone please remind me why it&#x27;s so cut and dry for Apple to just say &quot;no&quot; and that&#x27;s supposed to be OK?