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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > The Starmaker wrote:
> > >
> > > Even if the Justice Department loses its legal showdown with Apple Inc.
> > > over access to a killer’s iPhone, the government might still be able to
> > > extract the data locked away inside it, computer-security experts say.
> > > But it would be risky, expensive and time-consuming.
> > >
> > > Those experts say officials could try to physically crack open the A6
> > > microprocessor inside the phone of Syed Rizwan Farook, targeting the
> > > portion of the chip that holds the user ID, or UID, key. With the key,
> > > officials could move the iPhone’s scrambled data to another computer and
> > > quickly unlock it.
> >
> > If agents were able to obtain it by probing the chip, however, they
> > would then only need to guess Mr. Farook’s passcode, free of the
> > limitations that have so far prevented them from accessing the phone.
> >
> > The most likely method to extract the key, the experts said, would be by
> > using a focused ion beam—essentially a very precise atomic saw that can
> > cut through the chip’s outer structures to expose the 1s and 0s stored
> > in the chip.
> 
> http://www.wsj.com/articles/chip-hacking-might-help-fbi-unlock-iphones-1457050959
> 
> work the problem.


of course, this is just an old old hack, like making a copy of the file and crack it on your own time.