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Re:Apple can comply with the FBI court order by otterley on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @08:18PM (#11122962)
> That is completely not true. There is no way to make such a thing that can only work on one particular phone

The technique that makes this possible is described in Apple's iOS Security White paper, page 6 ("System Software Authorization"): https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf

This mechanism explains why you can't take an old release of iOS off a different phone and copy it to yours.

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Re:Apple can comply with the FBI court order by st3v3r on Thursday February 18, 2016 @01:01PM (#11127759)
You've missed the point: By doing this, they've shown that it's possible, and that they already have the tools. Meaning that next time, it's going to be almost impossible to say no.
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