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The analysis I have read from those that understand the technicalities behind it better than I do is that it is because the phone in question is a 5C. e.g. App
by matheweis 11y ago
The analysis I have read from those that understand the technicalities behind it better than I do is that it is because the phone in question is a 5C.
e.g. Apple has already fixed the holes in the 6/6S; the concern here is the use of all writs to compel them to unlock the 5C, and the Pandora's box that doing so would open up.
- tantalor 11y agoNo, the devices with secure enclave (like 6/6S) are just as exploitable by the phonemaker. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160218/10371233643/yes-backdoor-that-fbi-is-requesting-can-work-modern-iphones-too.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160218/10371233643/yes-b...
- matheweis 11y agoUgh, if Rob Graham and Bruce Schnier can't be used as a good source... Sounds like Apple needs to update Secure Enclave so that updating wipes the keys.
- vectorjohn 11y agoYep, exactly. If they did that, and the government was trying to somehow make that illegal, or demand a real backdoor, then it would be time to get up in arms. But that time is not yet.