I know it's fun to mock FBI/courts/Congress for not understanding the encryption with this iPhone thing, but… honestly I don't get it either
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Today I read a blog post about why Apple technically can't do it, and another about why they can. Both seemed equally convincing/confusing.
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they can absolutely do it, but it would require creating a hostile OS update and signing it with their privileged key
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right, but my understanding was that that was to then enable a brute force attack on the store, not directly unlock
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on 6-and-up devices too? I definitely read an article that said "nope" (also, I still don't get what that "key" is)
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on 6-and-up the enclave enforces timing, but its software can be updated too if you can prove you’re apple (that’s what the key does)
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so hostile OS updates exist? I thought you had to enter your passcode
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you can DFU
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