FBI Director Says Method of Unlocking iPhone Can't Be Used on iPhone 5s or Newer

[dk001]

The 5C didn't have the secure enclave that the 5S and later has. It was introduced in the A7 chip. The 5C had the A6. The 5C was a rehashed iPhone 5, not 5S.

Read above.

I understand that. What I am looking at is not the 5S. I'm looking at the statement about a "narrow band" of iPhones. I am sure LEO's all over have a backlog of 5C, 5, 4S, 4, etc... all locked up and awaiting help.
That statement by the FBI made no sense to me.

 

[Wondercow]

Thank you for not being hyperbolic in the least and keeping this conversation rational

Um....

The fact is Apple was owned by a third party company on their own device. This is obvious to anyone outside of the cult-like fandom of this site.

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Exactly, and you're all defending this specific terrorist. At the same time unwilling to admit that Apple was left with an egg on their face as a result of their inability to access the iPhone, according to their own admission.

Please email Cellebrite and ask them if, before they had ever created their method for cracking a 5c, they could crack a 5c. You should also ask them when they first created the tool, because they've had it for years IIRC.

 

[charlituna]

It just means the "showdown" that was going to happen last month has been delayed until the next major incident occurs where the FBI wants Apple to unlock "just this one phone, just this one time". The 5 & 5c model are a couple years old so not only do they represent a small percentage of iPhones, but that percentage is shrinking every day as millions of 6, 6s & SE phones enter the market. Get ready for round 2.

Actually there might be more of those phones than you think. Just not in the hands of criminals etc especially now that they know that the po-po can't break into those.

 

[satcomer]

Wow so unless the criminals update their iPhones on a super regular basis then they could hack into the iPhone.