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Apple would've had to create a specific OS update with a security hole the FBI could've exploited and distributed that. Courts couldn't force them to do that -
by theshrike79 3y ago
Apple would've had to create a specific OS update with a security hole the FBI could've exploited and distributed that.
Courts couldn't force them to do that -> FBI went another way. This was in the iPhone 7 era IIRC.
Currently their stuff is locked down even tighter and Apple has even less ability to hack anyone's phone. Barring a full-on backdoored software update targeted to a specific person - which they refused to do once already.