Judge Asks Apple to Help Unlock iPhone, Apple Balks

I am kinda' thorn about this issue because I see the truth in both positions. I wonder if Apple and other handset makers could modify their encryption system in the future in such a way that they would keep some one-time master keys in a database for each phone that could be made available at a court order. Once a master key is used, it would no longer work. In its place another one-time key could be used in the future. This would address the worry that a key could be leaked out and used by unauthorized parties. Of course some rogue Apple employee could still leak keys from their database, so there we go again.