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matthew-wegner on Aug 10, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: FBI tells lawmakers it can't access Dayton gunman'...

That was an iPhone 5C, which did not have a Secure Enclave. Apparently it is/was easier to image the device to brute force passcode attempts at high speed.

There are technical articles out there explaining it in more detail. On my phone now or would paste some URLs.

ghostpepper on Aug 10, 2019 [–]

The apple security whitepaper is actually a decent place to start https://www.apple.com/business/docs/site/iOS_Security_Guide....

There is also a blackhat talk from Ivan Krstic (one of the top security people at apple) where he goes surprisingly deep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLGFriOKz6U

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