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by Osmium 4722 days ago
Regarding [2], it's not clear yet what Apple does here: it looks like they bruteforce the iPhones when requested by the relevant authorities (possibly using a custom bootrom) and specifically not via a backdoor. If there was a backdoor, presumably Apple wouldn't have a backlog of requests[3]. Though no one really knows, and presumably it's always possible Apple will intentionally compromise their security in future if they get tired of having to bruteforce all these phones.

[3] http://www.informationweek.com/security/encryption/apple-iph...