[neuland]

It cost a lot of money, basically (AFAIK on the order of a million dollars to Celebrite).

One funny outcome of the San Bernardino iPhone cracking debate was the Government double speak:

To Apple ...

> We only want to force you to build a custom iOS so we can get into this iPhone.

To DA's across the country ...

> Send us all your iPhones for ... reasons.

But comedy aside, they really do care about the cost / time of un-encrypting things. They're position seems to be that anything outside of your brain (5th amendment and all) should be available with a court order in a reasonable time and at reasonable cost.

I don't agree with that, because manufacturers should be able to produce whatever software they damn well please. But, they have a logical position if you look from the right angle.

[mlindner]

> They're position seems to be that anything outside of your brain (5th amendment and all) should be available with a court order in a reasonable time and at reasonable cost.

I'm looking forward to the first court cases that deal with somebody who implanted a memory chip into their body and are storing information in it (only accessible through a wirelessly sent password) that the court wants to access. Could the court order surgery to remove it.

[panzer_wyrm]

Due to the fact that stuff crosses state borders - manufacturers are able to import and sell only the devices and firmware that congress allows them.