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Ask HN: Is it really that easy to erase someone's iphone?
This FBI vs Apple conflict seems to be about FBI's request that Apple disable the auto-erase feature on iOS devices that kicks in after X bad unlock codes are entered (I think 10).
Does this mean that you can pick up anyone's iphone and within a few minutes erase everything on it just by entering a few bad codes?
- mattkrea 11y agoThey have to have this feature enabled. It will tell you "x tries remaining" after entering a bad PIN. You'd have to be a real asshole to do this though.
- hellofunk 11y agoSo presumably the phone the FBI wants to unlock, the terrorist in fact had this feature enabled.
- KiDD 11y agoNo. To enable this feature you would need to enter the passcode for the phone to make any changes.