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Apple's legal guidelines for iOS 8 and later state that the company cannot perform data extractions because the encryption keys are tied to user passcodes which Apple does not possess. This policy, implemented around 2014, is seen as a response to the Snowden revelations. Some speculate that maintaining this level of security was a "dying wish" of Steve Jobs to keep the government out of Apple devices.
Technical Analysis of iPhone Passcode Security Hurdles
The technical dispute between Apple and the FBI centers on disabling security "hurdles" rather than breaking encryption itself. The FBI is requesting that Apple create a specialized version of iOS to disable the auto-erase function and the time delays between failed passcode attempts on the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone. This would allow the government to perform a "brute force" attack on the four-digit passcode, which only has 10,000 possible combinations, making it inherently vulnerable without Apple's built-in software delays.
