Congress can do it. It&#x27;s happened before: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Communications_Assistance_for_...</a><p>This is something Apple practically guaranteed by using platform DRM to turn themselves into a critical single point of failure.<p>CALEA was extended to ISPs once ISPS consolidated enough; now that Apple has consolidated central control of mobile devices in a similar fashion, it seems quite likely that extending CALEA to cover smart phones will be on the table.<p>I&#x27;d be extremely surprised if Apple&#x27;s management wasn&#x27;t very aware of the CALEA precedent, but they chose to go down this road anyway. I find that rather unsettling.