What gets me is all this ruckus is based upon rumor and advertising claims being espoused by Apple. People are not reading the court order, they are taking sides based upon which side they want to like even before knowing anything.
I have read the court order. It does not say what Apple claims it says. Apple is telling a massive lie on this thing.
NO, Apple has not been ordered to provide a backdoor.
NO, Apple has not been ordered to give the FBI modified software or any software.
NO, Apple is not incapable of doing this work. Apple has admitted to the FBI that it can in fact remove the security features as requested.
The court order and the Dept of Justice Motion to Compel which followed are specific on these points.
Apple may do the work entirely under its own roof with its own personnel.
Apple may withhold the resulting software from the FBI, never releasing it or the source code.
Apple has been asked to only write the software they use to be encoded for the specific phone's electronic ID. This to prevent the code from working on any other phone. Even so, Apple may keep the phone secure under their own rood. When finished, Apple may restore the normal operating system, revealing nothing to the FBI other than the data hidden by the dead murderer.
Apple has been encouraged by the court, by the FBI and by the US Attorney to suggest any ideas or conditions they wish to achieve the ordered work.
Apple is to be paid for doing the job.
Will no one else read this stuff?
The original court order.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2714001/SB-Shooter-Order-Compelling-Apple-Asst-iPhone.pdf
Interview with DoJ is here:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-apple-fbi-motion-to-compel-20160219-story.html
DoJ Motion to Compel filed with the court:
http://documents.latimes.com/doj-motion-apple-comply-fbi/