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Re:iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party repairs by Sanddancer on Saturday February 06, 2016 @05:15PM (#11050200)
Almost certainly so. Decap the chip, pull the flash contents out to get the key, etc, flash a new backdoored chip, you're done. Hobbyists have been decapping chips and pulling flash for a while, so this is certainly not beyond the abilities of the NSA/CIA/etc. You wouldn't need the exact same make of chip, just one that presents itself as the same.

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