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Originally Posted by Livia

Great news. I'm kind of interested in what those who were against the FBI accessing a terrorist's phone are really worried about. What do they think they have about them that is SO interesting that the security services would be keen to take a look?

This wasn't about what the security services could access (though the nothing to hide, nothing to fear mantra truly is moronic), but more about the repercussions of what Apple writing a code to unlock this iPhone would be, and the access that potentially anyone with knowledge of that same code could then grant themselves. Anyone that actually bothered to read the initial letter - i.e. probably next to none of the people who were criticising Apple - would know this.

The end result of this has been a potentially positive one. The security services have got the access they required and so long as they cooperate with Apple, they will tighten up their security and cover up the loose ends. Everyone's a winner.