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They want Apple to disable limitations that disallow them from brute-forcing the passcode. This isn't even possible (supposedly) on newer A7-based devices that
by pyre 11y ago
They want Apple to disable limitations that disallow them from brute-forcing the passcode. This isn't even possible (supposedly) on newer A7-based devices that have security hardware (i.e. the "secure enclave").
- SAI_Peregrinus 11y agoI'd say it's certainly possible, just difficult. Considering what Chris Tarnovsky has done as a hobbyist (with a focused ion beam workstation) to hack several TPM and smart card chips and get their secrets out the FBI has to be incompetent not to be able to do the same thing to Apple's hardware. Or this is just a fishing expedition because doing that is difficult and doesn't give them any more power.
- ubernostrum 11y agoComment I was replying to was talking about software, not hardware, and said (quote): the phone at the center of the current controversy had not been updated to the new version of iOS If the phone was on iOS 9, as the article claims, then... that's the latest version of iOS.