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> would be relatively straightforward to create an update for the FBI that could pretty clearly only be used on the phone in question How? Wouldn't the FBI rev
by return0 11y ago
> would be relatively straightforward to create an update for the FBI that could pretty clearly only be used on the phone in question
How? Wouldn't the FBI reverse engineer it?
It seems like apple would have to update all phones to a new version (which would prevent the exploit provided to the FBI) before handing it to them.
- plorg 11y agoIt's not that reverse engineering is difficult - the FBI could theoretically do that now. It's that it needs to be signed to be accepted by the phone. Edit: see, for example, here: https://stratechery.com/2016/apple-versus-the-fbi-understanding-iphone-encryption-the-risks-for-apple-and-encryption/ https://stratechery.com/2016/apple-versus-the-fbi-understand...