[dmix]

San Bernardino also already happened. And it wasn't a big deal. They eventually got the phone broken, and there was nothing of value on it. But that's besides the point, it's an example of the type of thing they are talking about.

From my perspective life would not have been any meaningfully different either way if that phone stayed locked. I also can't image some future scenario where it makes such a big deal. What type of information is going to be on some laptop or smartphone that is so important it's worth compromising our general civil rights? There is almost always a hundred human errors around the crime already that they can piece it all together without godmode on every electronic device. A smartphone is rarely an all encompassing security mechanism for any big evil plot.

There is no 'backdoor' technology solution here that makes sense and they need to get used to it.