re: Apple already unlocked 70 other iPhones for feds

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If Apple plays along they have an inherently less secure phone.

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I think you're missing the point of the article.

Either Apple can or cannot remove the auto-erase function on the phone. If they can, then the "backdoor" already exists and the FBI is asking Apple to help them find it. If they cannot, then there is nothing that can be done and Apple should come out and say so.

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This case is not about a backdoor, however. Instead it is about access to data on an existing phone, which like many recent cellphones, encrypts the data on the phone itself in a way that, as Tim Cook described back in September of 2014, prevents even Apple from retrieving the data.

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We do not know whether it is possible to bypass these mechanisms. Apple has responded that it is being asked to "create something too dangerous to create. They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone." That response is not technically correct. For it to be a backdoor, Apple would have to add it to phones that are shipped, and as I discussed earlier, I agree that we should not be adding a backdoor to our devices.

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If such a flaw exists, then the flaw will inevitably be discovered by the hacker community, or foreign governments down the road. Hiding the flaw does not necessarily improve the security of their customers, but creating the "exploit kit" does expose customers to a greater risk of attack in the short term.

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This guy is basically saying that if it can be done, Apple should do it now while simultaneously fixing it so it cannot be done going forward. If it cannot be done, then Apple has nothing to worry about.