#1 Snowden says FBI can get into any phone they want!
Snowden tells us that the FBI can actually get into any phone they want, and the fact that they are publicly asking apple for help is bullshit.
#2 How can they get into the phone?
"all the FBI needs to do to avoid any irreversible auto erase is simply to copy that flash memory (which includes the Effaceable Storage) before it tries 10 passcode attempts. It can then re-try indefinitely, because it can restore the NAND flash memory from its backup copy." says an article that Snowden shared on twitter.
#3 They went to court over this!
In February, the FBI's legal team convinced a federal judge that Apple would need to produce a piece of code to bypass its own security standards and the phone's auto-erase function. The auto-erase function is an Apple feature designed to protect a customer's data and privacy an iPhone is automatically wiped clean following 10 failed passcode attempts. Judge Sheri Pym said the Silicon Valley giant would need to provide "reasonable technical assistance" to the FBI in the investigation of Farook, which includes overwriting the auto-erase function.
