Not it Apple kept the code or whatever to themselves and only used it on that phone. Also, having had an iPhone for work, I know they can remote unlock the things because a customer got ahold of one and locked it up. The manager called and got it unlocked in minutes. While I'm sure there's more to this, the basics are the same.
Also, the phone wasn't the property of an individual, though they used it as such, it was GOVERNMENT property because it was for his job with tge county.
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Except they'll use this as precedent to get the code handed over to them later on. Not only that, but there are reports that the password was changed by someone else--at the FBI's request--and that the information could have easily been extracted if they hadn't done that. Plus, there was an offer from another company to hack the phone without creating a back door and was ignored so far. In short, the phone was locked by the FBI's doing, and the FBI is ignoring an offer of already available help in favor of demanding that Apple software that doesn't even currently exist be created.
Also, the phone wasn't the property of an individual, though they used it as such, it was GOVERNMENT property because it was for his job with tge county.