Bullstuff. All of this should not have happened. Apple has broken into their phones multiple times for the FBI, they just did not announce it. But this time, it came down to a judge saying(before people knew about this) "break into it.". But nope, judge had to forget everybody over and talk about privacy issues.
To explain this situation to somebody that does not understand at all:
There is a terrorist with a locked phone, and the FBI needs Apple(or a 3rd party hacker or organization) to create a backdoor to get into the phone. It started off as just one phone, but now the FBI wants tools to get into any iPhones. The problem is that if Apple does make the backdoor, it announces that there is software, and it is possible to get into any phone. Which is bad, because other " bad" hackers will begin working on this software, whether it is stealing it, or making their own.
In conclusion: If apple just shut the forget up about it, and did it, there would be no problem..