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by plorg 3737 days ago
Anything you may have heard is almost certainly speculation. It seems pretty likely that a particular Israeli company supplied the FBI with an exploit, but no one has said anything about that exploit being specific to the 5c.

Even Apple does not seem to know what the exploit was, as they are pursuing legal options (or dropping hints to that effect) to compel the FBI to reveal it to them.
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taspeotis 3736 days ago
> no one has said anything about that exploit being specific to the 5c.

Cellebrite describes [1] the solution as working for iOS 8.x on the following devices:

> Cellebrite's unlocking capability supports the following devices: iPhone 4S / 5 / 5C, iPad 2 / 3G / 4G,iPad mini 1G, and iPod touch 5G running iOS 8 ...

[1] http://www.cellebrite.com/Pages/cellebrite-solution-for-lock...

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jonah 3736 days ago
This comment someone posted in reply to my query on another article might be of interest to you.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11387909

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taspeotis 3731 days ago
Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I did find that interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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