Other FBI not happy about new cellphones with data privacy

That's where you're wrong. The key for Apple's encryption is exactly that, the passcode used to lock the phone. Yes, it gets a lot more complicated, but the simple fact remains at the end of the day that without the passcode any data remains locked (the hardware key is the UID, provided by the Secure Enclave hardware).TouchID is also being introduced as a replacement.

https://www.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_Security_Feb14.pdf

 

I recall a post on another forum where someone suggested the 'Hidden in plain sight' option when storing personal data, they suggested encrypted data on a micro SD and to then put the card inside a piece of fake dog poo and chuck it in the garden or litter box if you actually own a dog, not very practical but 10 of 10 for creative thinking

 

Try explaining why you carry THAT to the customspeople.

 

http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=3924

 

Interesting article, 'pair locking' looks very useful.

 

“Apple will become the phone of choice for the pedophile,”

Law enforcement is going into meltdown over encryption

This cop is outrageous, given Apple's appetite for lawsuits I wonder what their lawyers will think of such a statement?

Recently it was FBI boss James Comey who lashed out at the idea, bizarrely arguing that merely encrypting your data made individuals "above the law" (none of that is accurate). And, now, Comey's boss, Attorney General Eric Holder has stepped up to issue a similar warning. However, Holder has cynically chosen to do so at the Biannual Global Alliance Conference Against Child Sexual Abuse Online.

The irony, some say, is that while the legal and technical changes are fueled by anger over reports of mass surveillance by the National Security Agency, the consequences are being felt most heavily by police detectives, often armed with warrants certifying that a judge has found probable cause that a search of a smartphone will reveal evidence of a crime.