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In response to
"whoever helped out the FBI didn't apparently break the iphone's encryption. just gave them unlimited passcode guesses -- (link)"
by
pixie ninja
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It's a difference in terms really. The passcode is the key to decrypt the information.
Posted by
iSpam (aka spamlet)
Mar 30 '16, 05:38
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So by generating the key they are able to decrypt the information. They didn't have to decrypt it in another way by "breaking" the encryption in some way.
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