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> even with a 5 digit pin, it's entirely possible to simply try all combinations

Given a long time. Don't forget iOS slows your brute-force attempts down substantially. I'd be curious how long a brute-force attack would take given the current behavior of the OS.



Is there no way to duplicate the whole filesystem onto a computer and try decrypting that? I didn't think they would actually be thumbing in every password combination...


There is supposedly no way of duplicating the secure element which is what controls the encryption.




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