> …sign tampered with firmware that would allow the decryption without user authorization.
Apple wrote the firmware for everything. I assume they could write firmware to not need authorization, embedded in a copy of iOS, and sign everything so it could be installed on a phone through DFU.
They have been unwilling to do so. I think they’re right not to. But I suspect it is technically possible.
In the previous case law enforcement retracted the request because they found an alternative..
If the alternative stop working i bet you they will go after Apple in courts again..
You can't prove a negative.
And that document is from last April, 7 months ago, no one really knows how things progressed after that..
Best assumption to make is that all those versions are supported by now..
support for iOS 18 could be available or not, we do not know.. So again i will assume it is supported until the opposite is proved..
But all the latest iPhones in latest iOS versions were only supported in AFU, that apple is handling with this reset feature, or IPR, that require USB being unlocked and is extremely time sensitive as there are already defenses in place..