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If device makers can do this, then presumably anybody can, which suggests a huge security vulnerability in so-called "encrypted" devices which are only protecte
by tantalor 11y ago
If device makers can do this, then presumably anybody can, which suggests a huge security vulnerability in so-called "encrypted" devices which are only protected by an easily brute-forced 4-digit PIN.
- ggreer 11y agoNot necessarily. Only Apple has the code signing key to update the OS. They'd probably update the phone with a special version of iOS that lacked the erasure feature. Even then, decryption isn't guaranteed. The owner may have used a longer passphrase.