If the company, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, wishes to consent to the search of the phone, they are free to provide the password. If they do not have the password, they were negligent in their security policies. That they do not have the password is not Apple's fault.
Asking –no– telling Apple they must create a new piece of software, as opposed to simply providing that which already exists, is much too tall an order.
I disagree with you that they both will and they should comply with the order. They haven't amassed a fortune not to spend it on something as important as this.
If the company, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, wishes to consent to the search of the phone, they are free to provide the password. If they do not have the password, they were negligent in their security policies. That they do not have the password is not Apple's fault.
Asking –no– telling Apple they must create a new piece of software, as opposed to simply providing that which already exists, is much too tall an order.
I disagree with you that they both will and they should comply with the order. They haven't amassed a fortune not to spend it on something as important as this.