Its probably a....no, its definitely a thread derail but I gotta ask if anyone can explain in simple terms why an Iphone is so hard to crack. With my Iphone there is only a 4 digit passcode to get in and then you can read everything. So I'm taking it you can't just brute force crack the passcode and be in.
There was a short article in our morning paper today, written in a way that ordinary people understand. Here's what I got from it:
As for brute force cracking the passcode, the iPhone will delete all data after ten (10) subsequent erroneous trials.
Making a "Master key" would cause issues sooner or later. As you know, there's no secrets that can't be revealed by buying, spying, blackmailing, leaking etc.
@Chalenge: I can think about two reasons why Apple can't just take the phone to open it with their own tools. First, Apple doesn't qualify as a government authority so they should be supervised for not hiding evidence during the process of hacking in. Second, the supervisor should be knowledgeable enough to fully understand what the Apple techs are doing during the process which would allow him to memorize and copy the process which would cause a similar threat as the Master key.
