> no one would bat an eye when the FBI picks a lock or breaks into a safe how is an iPhone different?
Because it was not about that one iPhone but the planned precedent with immense effects: using the court-order to "write" the new laws, and FBI started the whole thing exactly with that goal:
And? I've specifically stated that I don't think that the FBI demanding Apple to either unlock the phone or reduce the level of security is appropriate, the FBI breaking into it them selves is perfectly fine.
Because it was not about that one iPhone but the planned precedent with immense effects: using the court-order to "write" the new laws, and FBI started the whole thing exactly with that goal:
http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/26/fbi-apple-iphone-precedent-pol...