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you're assuming that apple will give it to them. Theoretically, the FBI could deliver the phone Friday, pick it up on Monday, along with the data... nothing (OS
by pigpaws 11y ago
you're assuming that apple will give it to them. Theoretically, the FBI could deliver the phone Friday, pick it up on Monday, along with the data... nothing (OS-WISE) changes hands, it doesn't 'get out', and could be destroyed or kept for only the most 'national security' required cases... (we all know then that EVERYTHING will be NS).
- sangnoir 11y ago> nothing (OS-WISE) changes hands, it doesn't 'get out' It would have to 'get out' if it's installed on the phone. You are assuming the FBI (or other interested TLA agencies) lack the ability to extract the the compromised OS from the phone and/or retarget it to other devices. An even more nefarious scheme would be to modify the current code on the iPhone so that it logs Apples signing as they apply the update, but that edging into tinfoil territory
- studentrob 11y agoThen the FBI claims the process is too slow, they have too many requests, and have a judge order Apple to provide the OS digitally. Even if they promise they won't go to a judge for that in the future, they could change their mind. As Cook said, once created, it exists and there is no protection against it getting out in the wild.