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My conspiracy theory here is that Apple knows that this is how law enforcement goes about unlocking phones with tech like Cellbrite so they add in code to thwar
by _fat_santa 2y ago
My conspiracy theory here is that Apple knows that this is how law enforcement goes about unlocking phones with tech like Cellbrite so they add in code to thwart that effort but keep quiet so they can have the plausible deniability of it just being a bug.
- WorldMaker 2y agoEasier to assume it's a theft ring deterrent, eliminating some of the routes to social engineering that theft rings have been using, further reducing the usefulness of collecting large numbers of stolen iPhones in the same central place.
- nxobject 2y agoIt's good if the countermeasures against the two things are indistinguishable.