Reply to post: Re: I'm not sure how he thinks this will work on an iPhone 6

FBI overpaid $999,900 to crack San Bernardino iPhone 5c password

Steve Todd

Re: I'm not sure how he thinks this will work on an iPhone 6

But the key to the data on the flash is maintained in the secure section of the A7 and higher. Once the secure section decides that the maximum number of attempts are reached (it is a separate CPU with limited connection to the main system) it destroys the key and the data is rendered useless. It doesn't matter how many copies of the data you have, the copies still need the AES key in order to read them.

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