Apple and the FBI are hunkering down for a battle after the feds ordered the technology company to help it retrieve data from an iPhone used by one of the shooters in December's terrorist attacks in San Bernardino.

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook called it too dangerous to create a "backdoor to the iPhone."Edward Snowden, who, if nothing else, has some experience with national security issues, said the changes requested by the FBI would "make it possible to break into an iPhone (5C or older) in a half-hour."If you guess someone's pass code incorrectly too many times, 10 to be exact, the phone will be wiped clean of data.The debate got me wondering, would I have anything to be concerned about if the federal government found its way into my device?I highly doubt they would find anything of use.The most interesting thing they'd discover is some messages with random, unrelated emails sent to family members and various other contacts.Often they contain different types of smiley faces, or others expressing joy, and possibly some farm animals mixed in there.No, I'm not always happy and I don't have some kind of farm animal fetish. Instead, this unusual activity is caused by my almost 3-year-old daughter getting her hands on the cellphone.In fairness, she usually asks politely if she "can send people pictures?"She takes pictures too.Good luck rifling through what sometimes amounts to hundreds of photos of a lamp in the living room or the mat at the laundry room door.Even I don't have the patience to delete all of them.The FBI's goal is to track down who the killers contacted and where they went in the hours leading up to the deadly attack.According to Cook, "If the government can make it easier to unlock your iPhone, it would have the power to reach into anyone's device to capture their data."Cook said the data invasion could be taken further to "intercept your messages, access your health records or financial data, track your location, or even access your phone's microphone or camera without your knowledge."We already discussed my messages, but I also welcome the FBI to my health data.That would generally consist of walking back and forth to the soda machine in the office to buy all the Mountain Dew before Bob Ford beats me to it.As for my location, my desk, the Lehighton Area School District board room for hours on end, and my recliner at home are all good bets.If you want my pass code, just ask for it.I've got nothing to hide.