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That shouldn’t be (at least easily) possible on newer iPhones anymore. The counters are now in rollback-protected dedicated memory; the lockout is implemented in the secure enclave.



Sure, but this is all protected by dubious hardware that often gets cracked. A text password is protected by pretty sound math.




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