Apple Says 'No'
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Apple Fights Order to Unlock San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone[^]. Normally I would side with Apple, but I live 20 minutes from San Bernadino so this one hits home. The Gov isn't asking hem to unlock EVERYONE's phone - just this one. It could start a dangerous precedent, but I think the opportunity to discover valuable intel trumps Apple.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
I'm not a hardware expert by any means but here's something I've been thinking of and wondering if this could be done: 1) dismantle the phone and connect the iPhone's storage chip(s) to an interface that can read the raw data of the chip(s) but would not be able to decrypt the data. 2) copy the encrypted contents of the iPhone's storage to another system and back it up as well. 3) hook up an iPhone emulator to the first backup and try entering unlock codes sequentially until the right code is hit. 4) if the emulator zaps the data then just restore from the backup and keep trying until the unlock code is found, then proceed to read the data. I'm sure there has to be a reason why no one else has suggested doing this before like you can't dismantle the iPhone without zapping everything in the phone. What do you all think?
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Apple Fights Order to Unlock San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone[^]. Normally I would side with Apple, but I live 20 minutes from San Bernadino so this one hits home. The Gov isn't asking hem to unlock EVERYONE's phone - just this one. It could start a dangerous precedent, but I think the opportunity to discover valuable intel trumps Apple.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
Would it change your mind if they had the password from the backups of the device, but someone muffed it up and changed the password in the cloud? The reason why they don't have data on this phone - is that they didn't follow their own process. My understanding is that there is more to this than just Apple being difficult. Personally, I'm glad Apple has taken the stance they have. Remember Blackberry, around about the time they gave into Pakistan about data interception, their customers began to leave them in droves. Co-incidence? Maybe. Maybe not. Many government departments rely on the iphone security. How many would remain customers if it wasn't there.