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		wool_gather on Aug 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FBI tells lawmakers it can't access Dayton gunman'... They wouldn't be able to install the new OS over the old one without the passcode, though.

johnnyapol on Aug 10, 2019 [–]

Not sure if things are in a similar state now, but it looks like the FBI and Apple had reason to believe something like this could be done.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI%E2%80%93Apple_encryption_d...

Although it seems like it would be a RAM-only thing

wool_gather on Aug 10, 2019 | [–]

I suppose that's true, potentially they could release a new firmware or OS that would enable this in the future.

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