[kccqzy]

Yup. Probably because law enforcement would be livid if Apple did that. In the San Bernardino terrorist case, Apple basically said triggering an iCloud backup is the best way to get the contents of a locked iPhone. Apple routinely supplies law enforcement with contents of iCloud backup.

[sircastor]

It remains one of the clearest examples of law enforcement wanting a friction-free solution for getting data out of iOS without Apple. They could have easily attained the information and have been doing so for years. They were explicitly trying to generate sympathy towards a backdoor solution.

What's sort of surprising to me is how much they overestimated public support for their cause.