If they do stuff like that, they will probably deny that they did it. Having had access to your phone, they can look for information that can be used to find other leads, that will be strong enough for a court order.

Or someone you sleep with wants to read your texts and all it takes is a light tap of a finger while you're unconscious to open your phone completely.

as far as "international spy," we have national level security directors storing secrets in AOL accounts. We can't protect people from themselves, so we have to make systems better for everybody.