News agencies get things wrong. 'Sources' are often times extremely unreliable, or don't always present the whole picture. Not that I'm absolving Apple here, just that I've been indirectly on the receiving end of 'sources' and Reuters being technically right, but very, very wrong.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive...
Not saying I agree or disagree with it, but it's something worth highlighting