[mikrl]

>In the case of a national security incident, the US gov/military would have popular apps cracked open ASAP

But it just doesn’t work like many people think: the policeman says ‘open it’ and it gets opened by the company.

Imagine a bank vault containing something security critical. If the US government needs it but the key isn’t available, it will move heaven and earth to get the best vault breachers and experts of circumventing bank security, regardless of the cost.

You can think of it as a one-off job, at a high price tag, without the guarantee of success. But phones are easier to breach (more points of failure) than a bank vault.