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Thanks. This explains it. I was just thinking about my old Thinkpad X41. That had TPM module and hardware encryption. There's nothing that IBM or the TPM manufa

Thanks. This explains it. I was just thinking about my old Thinkpad X41. That had TPM module and hardware encryption. There's nothing that IBM or the TPM manufacturer could've done to decrypt it (unless the TPM module already had backdoors, haha). Latest iPhones are basically the same?

ocean3 11y ago
I don't get it. How would they be load the backdoor is the phone is still locked?
- xgbi 11y ago
  iTunes recovery mode? It allows to restore the OS, but also gives you other means to manipulate the device. Imagine if they simply hot-patch the lockscreen to allow any number of tries of password?
  - Karunamon 11y ago
    Recovery mode with DFU and the like results in a device wipe. There are many ways to redo the firmware, but every single one of them, by design, requires wiping the phone to implement.
    - sah2ed 11y ago
      The outcome of entering DFU mode for most of us is a device wipe but this doesn't have to be the case for Apple. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11115945 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11115945
    - astrange 11y ago
      You can reinstall a phone from recovery mode without erasing it. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201263 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201263