The phones don't brick
You just lose the data on the 10th incorrect attempt.
The whole thing of not being able to bypass the encryption was Apple's biggest marketing push for the latest incarnations. Even if Apple has emulators, the actual hardware is designed not to release its secrets.
I did misread the part covering the backups earlier. Only the user's keychain is protected by the hardware key. The Feds do seem to have the contents, except for the last 6 weeks. But... some smartypants at the FBI had the County reset the password to the iCloud account, so trying to get the phone to make an auto-backup is out.
Nice summary of the design:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8756397&cid=51524693
[The separate Secure Enclave is not present on the 5C in question, but it has the precursor present on the main SoC processor.)
The whole thing of not being able to bypass the encryption was Apple's biggest marketing push for the latest incarnations. Even if Apple has emulators, the actual hardware is designed not to release its secrets.
I did misread the part covering the backups earlier. Only the user's keychain is protected by the hardware key. The Feds do seem to have the contents, except for the last 6 weeks. But... some smartypants at the FBI had the County reset the password to the iCloud account, so trying to get the phone to make an auto-backup is out.
Nice summary of the design:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8756397&cid=51524693
[The separate Secure Enclave is not present on the 5C in question, but it has the precursor present on the main SoC processor.)
