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They are capable of unlocking the phone. There is no philosophical question about this, as they have the knowledge and the ability and the authority. That it m

by clort 11y ago

They are capable of unlocking the phone. There is no philosophical question about this, as they have the knowledge and the ability and the authority. That it might take some expertise and effort is not really relevant - some is required in any case even if the firmware already existed, so its just a matter of scale. For example I know several people who could not update a phone firmware without supervision, and probably some who could at a stretch (given massive time and resources) reverse engineer it. Apple firmly occupy the sweet spot in this range, they have the secret knowledge that would otherwise have to be reproduced and it would be a bit of effort to build on this but not huge. Changing a bit of code [to remove the delay] and rebuilding a binary image is not a complicated task for their engineers, it is likely something they do all the time. Personally, I think they should just do it if they are legally compelled to do so. They have done in the past and this is an older device and in 5 years the issue will be moot, as any firmware they create now would be useless.

JustSomeNobody 11y ago
>Personally, I think they should just do it if they are legally compelled to do so. They have done in the past and this is an older device and in 5 years the issue will be moot, as any firmware they create now would be useless. If they do it now, they the point will indeed be moot in 5 years, not because of technology, but because it will be required of them to make sure they can do this to ALL iPhones.
Tepix 11y ago
> Personally, I think they should just do it if they are > legally compelled to do so. They have done in the past and > this is an older device and in 5 years the issue will be > moot, as any firmware they create now would be useless. If they lose this lawsuit they will be forced again and again to build backdoors into their own systems. It's a very unreasonable request that does not find the right balance and the reasons are laid out eloquently in Apple's letter.

by clort 11y ago

JustSomeNobody 11y ago

>Personally, I think they should just do it if they are legally compelled to do so. They have done in the past and this is an older device and in 5 years the issue will be moot, as any firmware they create now would be useless. If they do it now, they the point will indeed be moot in 5 years, not because of technology, but because it will be required of them to make sure they can do this to ALL iPhones.

Tepix 11y ago

> Personally, I think they should just do it if they are > legally compelled to do so. They have done in the past and > this is an older device and in 5 years the issue will be > moot, as any firmware they create now would be useless. If they lose this lawsuit they will be forced again and again to build backdoors into their own systems. It's a very unreasonable request that does not find the right balance and the reasons are laid out eloquently in Apple's letter.