I don't think it's a question of more.... If you have a device that's locked with a password, we need the technology to open up that device. That's why, in another era, we would have had a locksmith open a box that would have had receipts in it, for example. Now, when we're dealing with firearms smuggling, we'll have electronic receipts on a cellphone or on a computer. Our only way to access that information is to unlock the device and then translate information on that device into a format that can be used in a court of law.
It's not a question of its being easier. It's the technology we need to use to keep up with the technology that criminals are using.