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		delroth on Feb 17, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple can comply with the FBI court order Except that there is no proof of this. It was stated as false by John Kelley, an ex Embedded Security engineer at Apple: https://twitter.com/JohnHedge/status/699882614212075520 For all we know so far, Apple could still provide a signed firmware bypassing the bruteforcing delay implemented by the Secure Enclave.

jarin on Feb 17, 2016 | [–]

The only way to bypass the brute forcing delay would be to increase computing power, since it's a function of the encryption method used. It basically goes through a number of iterations chosen to make it take about 80 ms per attempt.

st3v3r on Feb 17, 2016 | [–]

Such a thing does not currently exist, though. They would have to develop one.

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