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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by equalarrow on Thursday February 25, 2016 @12:16AM (#11172524)
Let us direct our attention to the superhero Mike Ash and his latest post on secure enclave. https://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2016-02-19-what-is-...

Honestly, this is really the shit..

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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by tlrobinson on Thursday February 25, 2016 @01:05AM (#11172661)
Yeah, the key question is how Secure Enclave firmware updates work, and whether they can be prevented without pin entry. One former Apple security engineer thinks they are not subject to pin entry: https://twitter.com/JohnHedge/status/699892550832762880
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