[Cryptography] Is Apple correct?

[Kevin W. Wall]

> My question is,how can the FBI's demands be considered a backdoor
affecting anyone as if I understand correctly,would affect only the one
specific device?

Think of it like a blueprint or template. Once Apple does this for one IMEI
for a n iPhone 5C, all they need to do to make it work for a different IMEI
is to change that hard-coded value, recompile,  & resign. That part is
rather trivial.

So as others have said on this list, this is not about THIS phone, it is
about the FIRST phone.

Even if the FBI doesn't return later with another warrant to do this again
for another *specific* phone of the same model (which seems doubtful IMO),
you'll now have China making similar requests to investigate their
"terrorists", divorce attorneys coming forth to demand iPhones be unlocked
without erasing their contents to investigate alleged impropriety, etc.
That's how our laws work.

And that precedent is the _perceived_ intention of Comey. Had it not been,
the FBI could have demanded this with an NSL and Apple could have complied
quietly behind the scenes. (Although evidence collected in that manner may
be inadmissible in court. IANAL & thus IDK.)

I'm sure others can explain it better, especially those with some legal
background.

-kevin
Sent from my Droid; please excuse typos.
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