> i-whatevers have some sort of "trusted computing" bootloader or something... so can only boot a digitally signed version of the OS. Yes. > So even if the FB

> i-whatevers have some sort of "trusted computing" bootloader or something... so can only boot a digitally signed version of the OS. Yes. > So even if the FBI dumped the firmware from the phone and found just the right branch instructions to flip to disable the time delay and data erasure... they couldn't deploy the firmware because it wouldn't boot. Correct. > Wouldn't that mean that Apple is 100% correct in saying that creating such a firmware would allow "law enforcement" to do this to any phone in their possession. Only Apple knows the answer to this with 100% certainty.