[PLUG-TALK] Resetting an iPhone 4?
Tomas Kuchta
tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
Tue Jan 25 15:55:33 UTC 2022
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022, 15:29 Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
wrote:
> >>>>> "TomasK" == TomasK <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> writes:
>
> TomasK> This (the fact that you would need to dig out your deceased ...)
> TomasK> is probably side effect of prioritizing user privacy over
> TomasK> anything else, especially over the three letter agencies
> TomasK> anywhere in the world.
>
> In this case, it's more of a theft issue rather than a privacy issue,
> since the "Restore" operation wipes any user data on the phone.
>
> I have a support ticket in to Apple. We'll see what they do. I might be
> forced to go down to their store and cough some microdroplets on them.
>
Apple's ability to reset depends on how the HW is implemented.
If you need signing key for any access to that flash, then Apple should not
be able to help.
If you could securely wipe it without signing key, they could at the cost
of potential vulnerability.
Chose your poison,
-T
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