Apple addressing security concerns.

[Weelok]

Herr is what I have read.

1. The government did get a search warrant for the data as without the warrant Apple said it could not help.
2. This is not software for a back door.
3. No back door is being requested of Apple now or in the future.
4. The software request is to disable the deleting of the database on 10 password failures. If you look at your settings, it's normally disabled however you can have your phone delete data when 10 failed password attempts have occurred.
5 The FBI would like to be able to disable this feature so they can run password checks and unlock the phone without deleting the data.
6. Brute force authentication is at worst 6 ^^ 6 attempts or 46,656 tries.
7. It's far easier to enter a passcode then break the encryption which I assume is AES 128 but could be 256. AES 256 is extremely difficult to break and that's all I will say on that.