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Still need your password to use the key
by DrBenCarson 1y ago
Still need your password to use the key
- righthand 1y agoNo Apple can unlock your phone with the master key they used to generate your phone hardware enclave key. This is how the FBI has pressured them in the past to unlock devices.
- DrBenCarson 1y agoApple claims what you’re describing is impossible https://support.apple.com/en-ge/guide/security/sec59b0b31ff/web https://support.apple.com/en-ge/guide/security/sec59b0b31ff/...
- righthand 1y agoWhich specific part of the enclave doc refutes it? This Quora claims otherwise: https://www.quora.com/How-can-we-unlock-our-iPhones-if-we-forgot-the-password-or-Apple-ID-after-resetting-them-How-much-will-this-cost-for-both-phones-including-travel-fees-and-time-invested-in-unlocking-them https://www.quora.com/How-can-we-unlock-our-iPhones-if-we-fo...
- DrBenCarson 1y agoThe exact section is "Root Cryptographic Keys," here is the key passage: ``` A randomly generated UID is fused into the SoC at manufacturing time. Starting with A9 SoCs, the UID is generated by the Secure Enclave TRNG during manufacturing and written to the fuses using a software process that runs entirely in the Secure Enclave. This process protects the UID from being visible outside the device during manufacturing and therefore isn’t available for access or storage by Apple or any of its suppliers. ```
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- pmarreck 1y agoThat may no longer be true. https://chatgpt.com/share/684dae83-a980-8004-8226-d6e13a673d66 https://chatgpt.com/share/684dae83-a980-8004-8226-d6e13a673d...