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Apple fought back against forced decryption orders. They could theoretically decrypt any iPhone they're given with new firmware but they don't want to. On the

Apple fought back against forced decryption orders. They could theoretically decrypt any iPhone they're given with new firmware but they don't want to. On the other hand, Google isn't exactly working with the authorities either. They moved Google Maps' location history to on-device storage because of the many warrants they were served, for instance, and they too refuse to decrypt phones. These companies know to pick their battles, but they did take on the government various times.

15155 1y ago
> They could theoretically decrypt any iPhone they're given with new firmware but they don't want to. This is untrue at some technical level: Apple is currently unable to break AES-256. The San Bernadino case was about having Apple create and sign new firmware that would enable a brute force attack - which could easily be unsuccessful. I don't believe the Secure Enclave found in newer models even allows for a brute force attack (enforcing some delay, among other things) from BFU state.