02-17-2016, 04:04 PM
(02-17-2016, 02:28 PM)fredtoast Wrote: BTW all they want apple to do is disable the portion of the program that locks it up after 10 failed attempts to enter the proper password. The government would then use some powerful program to try every possible combination for the password.
It's a brute force attack . The issue is you can't rewrite the software that enables the 10 try self destruct without first having access to the system....which you don't have until you get in to it. This is where the whole idea becomes crazy.
