[LorenPechtel]

The repair is a repair, not a search. No data was obtained.

I do have a problem with this, but only because of the time. The cops shouldn't get to take ages to examine stuff unless there's a huge amount of stuff to examine.

[btilly]

But they did not simply "repair" it. They added something that leaves the device more vulnerable. Not just to the government, but to anyone with access to the toolkit that the police are trying to use. Which includes foreign actors and random hackers.

No, attempting to create a damaged version should not count as repair. Nor should we be lightly OKing the government's desire to do so.