> Apple had a "backdoor" to access data on its own phones via installing a build that disabled password attempt throttling. The FBI simply asked Apple to use its backdoor on the FBI's behalf, not to create a new backdoor that the FBI could use on its own.
Source? My understanding is the exact opposite. Apple had not backdoor, but the FBI wanted it to create one like the one you described for it.
Apple's backdoor is its ability to install such a build. Creating such a build is trivial (just delete the throttle check or increase the constant that controls the throttling to a very large value).
Source? My understanding is the exact opposite. Apple had not backdoor, but the FBI wanted it to create one like the one you described for it.