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The point is that the key is stored there too (part of it burned during production in silicone) and can't be read or changed. Sure, if they wanted to they coul
by germanier 11y ago
The point is that the key is stored there too (part of it burned during production in silicone) and can't be read or changed.
Sure, if they wanted to they could implement a backdoor. But assuming they correctly created and shipped the secure enclave it shouldn't be possible to circumvent it even for Apple.
- jcwayne 11y agoIt's sounding like that's the problem. They left an opening for this sort of thing by allowing firmware updates to the secure enclave. That basically makes it a fight over whether the FBI can force Apple to use the required key to sign an update meeting the specifications the FBI directs.