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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 534818" data-attributes="member: 12496">What do you imagine Apple could do that the FBI cannot?And I said hardware debugger, which can externally control the microprocessor.If the phone firmware can do it, and if Apple can do it, then the FBI can do it (manipulate firmware, with a HW debugger for example).   It would take the FBI longer without source code, but learning it would still certainly be possible (routine hacker operation).  Hardly rocket science, simply where is the firmware IP when it pauses for the protection code? Then to figure out a jump point to mimic a successful try  (where does the IP path go when a good password is entered?)  The ten tries can be bypassed by learning on a duplicate phone, then applying the final breakpoint to the target phone.What the FBI really wants is easy future access of any iphone, for any reason.</blockquote>