Re: "Apple is being asked by the public to contradict itself"
No. This case is about allowing the owner to use his own iPhone after it has been repaired by a shop of his choosing. The governement wants a backdoor for the police to access it. No contradiction at all. Of course the side effect of the touchscreen fix is slightly reduced security, but maybe that just means this particular security feature was not thought through.
Also, isn't all data in the iPhone toast after the OS has been reset this way? So this is not like Apple is adding backdoors.
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