I feel like I’m crazy because I can’t see our own leaders doing that due to sheer hubris

Makes sense, but in that case, why do law enforcement even care if the OS reboots itself if they already have a copy of the encrypted contents?

Most phones aren’t letting you try more than 5 attempts before you’re locked out. You can even set it up to erase after the attempts

I think a big problem we don’t want to address is now that we’re so interconnected, internet access is a necessity that should be classified as a utility. You can’t just cut off someone’s electricity without notification or process because they did something bad with it and it should apply here too