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So all the FBI has to do is desolder the flash chips and hope it was a weak passcode? Seems like they're just hoping to use this as an opportunity to set a pre

So all the FBI has to do is desolder the flash chips and hope it was a weak passcode? Seems like they're just hoping to use this as an opportunity to set a precedent. Never let a serious crisis go to waste? Also hasn't Apple been able (and previously willing) to unlock pre-Secure Enclave phones for law enforcement for... ever?

kevinchen 11y ago
No, because the flash chips are only decryptable when they're installed in the phone. The user's passcode is tangled with a long key burned into the SoC, so you need both to decrypt the flash.
- tlrobinson 11y ago
  Is that true of non-Secure Enclave phones like the 5C?