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Originally Posted by puckhog
I'm trying to learn more about this, so I have a question, perhaps someone on here can answer.
If Apple were to create this software, and it were to fall into the wrong hands, by far my biggest concern would be my financial information. So, what's the interaction between this "key" that Apple is being asked to create and the security around my financial information, which I access on my phone through apps developed by my bank? Isn't there also a level of encryption at the app level, so that they would need yet another "key" to get at it?
(obviously there are a number of issues at play, this is just one that occurred to me, which I haven't seen discussed yet)
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Your banking app will have it's own key encryption. Keep in mind what the FBI is asking for isn't a crack. They want Apple to disable the feature that locks the phone after 10 failed passcode tries. So even if that software was created by Apple and it got out, someone would still need to steal your physical phone, apply this tool, then brute force by guessing every passcode. To make this more difficult you can use a 6 number code, or I believe alphanumeric as well.