While there is code that bypasses the iPhone lockscreen out in the wild, modern iPhones won't accept it unless it's signed by Apple. The cryptographic signature is something only Apple could do. GovtOS would need to be cryptographically signed by Apple - which means that Apple needs to include a closely guarded code that tells the device it's a 'legitimate Apple Product' To recap: the FBI wants custom software that would bypass the "erase data" function - which wipes the phone after 10 missed passcodes attempts - and enable the FBI to plug in passcodes electronically as opposed to manually.Īccording to Neuenschwander, this software would not actually replace the original OS, but instead operate in the phone's temporary memory. GovtOS would run in RAM and would 'not modify the operating system on the actual phone' Of course, Apple couldn't trust new employees to perform these tasks. This group he would need to build GovtOS would include "two engineers from Apple's core operating system group, a quality assurance engineer, a project manager, and either a document writer or a tool writer." Neuenschwander isn't sure how long creating GovtOS would take, although he estimates that it be between two and four weeks. If the FBI wins, here's what Apple would have to do: Apple believes GovtOS would require 'between 6 and 10 Apple engineers and employees' working for a month It's the best look Apple has provided at what it would have to do on a technical basis to give the FBI access to the encrypted data on Syed Farook's iPhone 5C.Īpple CEO Tim Cook called what the FBI wants the "software equivalent of cancer." Neuenschwander, who says that he would be the head of the project if Apple ends up losing the case, calls this custom software "GovtOS." The filing includes testimony from Erik Neuenschwander, manager of user privacy at Apple. On Thursday, Apple filed a legal response to the court order directing it to build a backdoor on a terrorist's iPhone for the FBI. People gather at a small rally in support of Apple's refusal to help the FBI access the cell phone of a gunman involved in the killings of 14 people in San Bernardino, in Santa Monica Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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