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llamataboot on March 30, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Your iPhone just got less secure. Blame the FBI

How can it be plugged, if Apple doesn't know what it is?

runjake on March 30, 2016 [–]

Because Apple being the OEM of the hardware and software involved, things tend to get back to them, even if in rumor form.

And them knowing their software so well gives them intimate knowledge when tracking down vulnerabilities.

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