[chmars]

I am surprised that users like you simply don't care that Apple makes it easy for security authorities and criminals alike to access your iOS devices. Thanks to Snowden, we should know that we cannot trust any IT companies, and we should also have learnt to understand the meaning of overspecific denials.

[andreyf]

That sounds scary. Could you clarify: how can criminals or security authorities use this to access my device?

[chmars]

Please allow me to refer to http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=3466, Jonathan Zdziarski is far more qualified than I am to provide further information.

[st3fan]

They would need physical access to the device and know your unlock code.

[dmishe]

Wait, if they have that, they already have everything