Apple vs The FBI. This backdoor case is likely to be the last.

[denem]

Since the start of 2016 a mysterious 'Error 53' has started to crop up on the iPhone 6/6s lines. Users were taking their phones into third party vendors, to get the Touch ID replaced, and voila, "Error 53' = the phones were bricked beyond restoration?

Now who could be trying to playing around with Touch ID? As noted at the time, a the finger is alive, it is possible to try a sophisticated scans, -65C to get through. A finger blown off a hand? Na. At a hospice. Nada. By the Government? Under torture?

A Phone 6/6S Touch ID is key 'slotted' to a isolated "Secure Enclave" on the Apple A8 chip. The same area also holds credit card indices. Once the Touch ID paired, the hardware is set unwriteable/unlockable. Apple can not break in, nor can anyone. The only way is to get a new SoC board, and Touch ID, paired by Apple.

So the FBI's Backdoor - Pre iPhone6s running Pre iOS 9. Today The The FBI to build an a modified iOS to let them run every single 4 or 6 letter digit possible. Yes . Tomorrow and Error 39? No.

Can a US judge order Apple to build a whole CPU variant that puts credit card information at risk?

[Hoppy]

1. So if I have a 6s, what do I do/not do in order to prevent the phone from going south?

[winstars]

3. Don't get it fixed by a third party vendor. See below:

http://www.macrumors.com/2016/02/11/apple-facing-error-53-class-action-lawsuit/

"Error 53" is the error code that some iPhone 6 owners have received after third-party repairs that affect Touch ID were made to their iPhones, rendering the devices unusable. As explained by iFixit, repairs made by third-party services using components not sourced from the original device cause the iPhone to fail a Touch ID validation check because the mismatched parts are unable to properly sync. Parts that can impact Touch ID include the screen, flex cable, and Home button.

[Hoppy]

4. Thanks.

[winstars]

2. Care to put that into English??? I don't understand what you are talking about?

The terrorists had a iPhone 5 I believe...

[Blue_Adept]

5. You need tinfoil to understand it