Sadly this is a tough sell, given that the general public perceives &quot;encryption&quot; as &quot;password&quot;, unaware of the underlying technology and implications. It&#x27;s doubly sadly that it was a government employee, in a government-controlled environment, using a government-managed device, and even when government had access they went and changed the password, locking themselves out.<p>Critical thinking would lead one to question the need of any data at all, given the thoroughly demonstrated incompetence. Yet public filter stops on perception that that Apple once cooperated, but now chooses not to do so.