This would ruin the physical security of lost devices wherein the attacker is willing to ruin the device. This is worse than key escrow because it ruins the physical security all all devices everywhere.
At least with key escrow we could laughably pretend that the government would keep their master keys secure. You are suggesting that all portable devices ship with security that can be defeated with a screw driver and hoping nefarious people don't react by installing actual security in software.
> This would ruin the physical security of lost devices wherein the attacker is willing to ruin the device.
Only if they could also secure Apple's cooperation. That's what I was addressing when I said "the extracted key is encrypted and can only be decrypted by Apple".
Once apple has the keys to the kingdom what is stopping the government making apple give the government such keys ensuring that no warrant is required.
What is stopping users from using software that is ACTUALLY secure.
> what is stopping the government making apple give the government such keys ensuring that no warrant is required
The same thing that's stopping them from silently requiring Apple to include backdoors into every device today.
> What is stopping users from using software that is ACTUALLY secure.
It's the same as with a regular phone line. Users are free to speak in code or use an analog scrambler. Just because a particular interception technique isn't perfect doesn't mean it wouldn't be valuable to law enforcement.
At least with key escrow we could laughably pretend that the government would keep their master keys secure. You are suggesting that all portable devices ship with security that can be defeated with a screw driver and hoping nefarious people don't react by installing actual security in software.