Re: We are the government
Comey, as a lawyer, should know that whether a precedent is set or not is not under the control of any of the parties to a case, and there is no way any of them can tailor their submissions to change this. Also I am troubled by the fact he claims he is only interested in unlocking this single iPhone 5c, because if that is really true he is not doing his job properly [1]. And if it's not really true, he's not really telling the truth.
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[1] Don't get me wrong, I'd like the FBI etc. to have boundaries on what they can do, but in a sensible society these boundaries should be set by legislation and the courts, not by some voluntary backing off by the organisations when they think they have sufficient powers.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
