Re: Another reason why you should use a password not a PIN
But by widely published reports, until iOS8, Apple retained the ability to unlock phones. My comment had less to do with the details of the implementation than with Apple maintaining a back door that enabled them to bypass it. Google, irrespective of whether you like or hate them or the robustness of the underlying encryption, did not do that. The assertion that Apple, before iOS8, was trying to do the right thing may be true, but their understanding of "right thing" changed significantly in 2014.