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>Apple has allegedly cooperated with law enforcement in the past by using a custom firmware image that bypassed the passcode lock screen.

If true, precedent has already been set.




> This simple UI hack was sufficient in earlier versions of iOS since most files were unencrypted

It probably wouldn't apply as precedent as it previously had nothing to do with encryption.




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