For the last few days the internetz has been in an uproar. If you haven't heard then have a look at this: Apple ordered to help the US government . For the TL;DR folks out there: some terrorist killers in the USA used an iPhone 5C the FBI want to know what was on the phone the phone has that lock where 10 incorrect pins wipes it a judge has ordered our old mates at Apple to disable the wipe function so the FBI can break in Apple have told them to go away and refused to do it So, gentle reader, why do we care about this? A bit of backstory might be useful... The iPhone has quite solid built in encryption. Check out the Apple Privacy policy here for all the goods (PDF download) https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf - lots of goodies in there. From iOS 8 onwards, the basic iPhone data was heavily encrypted, and Apple have always claimed they don't access passcodes or data. Here is their privacy policy if you'd like to have a read: Apple
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