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The creation of tools to circumvent security measures that protect “data”, is punishable by up to 2 years in prison under vague conditions here.

So anything that would build skills towards being able to crack an iPhone is at least legally ambiguous.

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Maybe reach out to Jan Kirssler and other German security folks who've worked with security in Germany for a long time. CCC is just around the corner too, where you'll find tons of like-minded people who can help you understand how to do things the legal way. Given there are security researchers in Germany, many of them focused on iOS, I'm sure many of them are doing so legally as well.

I'm sure there's a carve out for academic purposes or when produced under a proper government license.

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