left handed people can just suck an egg, i guess

The key here, Mr. Gates, is, that the FBI is not giving the phone to Apple. It’s the FBI (and lower court system), telling Apple to use its resources to create a kernel backdoor for the 5c, then hand the master access firmware installer over to the FBI. Seriously. WTF?

This is absolutely false analogy. Eg. ISP-s are legally obliged to log their network activity, which law enforcement can request. Apple/any service provider is not, and should be never obliged to store your data, your password in a way it can be unencrypted.

Yeah, but the cops have boots to kick down your doors. This would be like if doors and walls were too hard for the cops to break down so they ordered the manufacturer of the doors and walls to find a way to make them less strong, so that the cops boots could kick down the door more easily.

Or maybe the cops have a…

The problem is breaking encryption is not a “single case” situation. You break it for one you break it for all.

Well, yes and no. People think this is the equivalent of asking a Lock-Company to make a replacement Key for someones Home. It’s not. I’s the equivalent of asking they Lock-company to create a Masterkey with which not only this persons home but everyone’s home who uses locks by this Company can be opened. “No its fine…

Having also had a few, let me make a stumbling attempt to clarify things for you. Apple doesn’t have the tool or software to crack their own encryption. The FBI is asking them to produce such a tool, which would be equally able to crack any other iPhone with said encryption. The FBI has not offered to surrender the…