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> Apple has the ability to install new software on a locked device. People keep saying this but it probably isn't true. When law enforcement has physical acces
by dustingetz 11y ago
> Apple has the ability to install new software on a locked device.
People keep saying this but it probably isn't true. When law enforcement has physical access to the hardware, they can take apart the phone and flash it with new software and put it back together.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoI don't think that's what's meant either. You can plug any iPhone into iTunes and flash new firmware to it, as long as it's signed by Apple. That's what the FBI want to do, I believe.
- Normal_gaussian 11y agoThis is correct. To prevent this kind of attack surface the mechanism for applying new firmware needs to wipe access keys for the encrypted data, and for these keys to not be accessible without changing the firmware.
- dustingetz 11y agobut i already have to enter my password to apply the update and again when my device boots? Can you link to technical details please, I have been following these developments and have seen no technical explanation of the vector.