Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Apple loses in high stakes game Date:   3/29/2016 9:59:27 AM

I understand Apple's position, although I thought it quite ridiculous.  The owner of the phone was dead and no longer in need of his privacy.  He had committed a heinous crime and the government wanted to see if he was a member of a terrorist cell.   Apple could have taken the phone and did what was needed.  It didn't have to be a public spectacle.  If they just did as they had been asked, instead of making a federal case of it, no one would have ever been the wiser. 

It wouldn't surprise me if a former Apple developer didn't step in and help.