>http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/22/apple-seems-to-be-losing-pr-battle-over-unlocking-iphone.html
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>This seems to be a no-brainer to me.
>Apple should unlock the phone, give the information to the FBI, and not tell anyone how they did it.
>What harm would that do?

In the long run - probably a lot. Apple is not designing systems to prevent law enforcement from executing legitimate warrants. It’s building systems that prevent EVERYONE who might want your data—including hackers, malicious insiders, and even hostile foreign governments—from accessing your phone. This is absolutely in the public interest. Moreover, in the process of doing so, Apple is setting a precedent that users, and not companies, should hold the keys to their own devices.
Plus it may not even be possible to Apple to do this even if they wanted. I would be more sympathetic towards the feds - but its the idiot FBI that changed the password to begin with so they screwed themselves. Had they done this with his phone while connected to the guys home WiFi then this wouldn't be such a huge issue - but like I said the FBI screwed up.
Considering the massive problems we currently have with the police illegally using stingrays, I'm not real interested in giving the feds a damn thing when it comes to protecting my electronic privacy. And the idea of Apple not telling anyone how they did it? Yeah I don't think that will work either, because if they pull data, and then it's contested in court - Apple is going to have to show evidence of how they did it. Sure a judge can 'seal the record' or whatever - but we all know how well that works out all too often.