In that case, you might want to do more reading on the topic.
> What precisely, is the functional difference here
See the numerous other threads, as this has been explained many times.
> [many words restating the FBI's misleading framing of their order to Apple]
The FBI wants a backdoor into any crypto that gets in their way. To deny this is to deny not only the past 20 years rhetoric from the FBI and their current actions involving this case and the other phones they also want to unlock. If you think that such a backdoor can exist without breaking encryption, then you haven't been paying attention to how fast exploits spread.
Let me guess - you think that this is isolated to ONE phone? That the FBI isn't going to turn around and use this same order on every other phone in the future? Or are you calling Susan Landau a liar[1] and insisting that Apple can somehow keep a backdoor secret while maintaining a daily service to use that backdoor?
You seem to be going out of your way to try to blame Apple, while ignoring both the technical context and the FBI's actions and motives.
In that case, you might want to do more reading on the topic.
> What precisely, is the functional difference here
See the numerous other threads, as this has been explained many times.
> [many words restating the FBI's misleading framing of their order to Apple]
The FBI wants a backdoor into any crypto that gets in their way. To deny this is to deny not only the past 20 years rhetoric from the FBI and their current actions involving this case and the other phones they also want to unlock. If you think that such a backdoor can exist without breaking encryption, then you haven't been paying attention to how fast exploits spread.
Let me guess - you think that this is isolated to ONE phone? That the FBI isn't going to turn around and use this same order on every other phone in the future? Or are you calling Susan Landau a liar[1] and insisting that Apple can somehow keep a backdoor secret while maintaining a daily service to use that backdoor?
You seem to be going out of your way to try to blame Apple, while ignoring both the technical context and the FBI's actions and motives.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1GgnbN9oNw#t=12944