Quote from: d_Guy on 29 March 2016, 05:30:16 PM
If you actually have the iPhone, which the FBI does, there is a second path available and that is through the fingerprint sensor. Even if it has never been set-up or enabled - the possibility for unlocking must certainly exist. Incidently I read recently that someone had spoofed (fooled) the sensor with a lifted fingerprint of the owner! This caused me to disable that feature on my iPhone (it's often a damned nusience anyway particularly if you have been eating fried chicken!)

There is always the option to disconnect the fingerprint sensor and wire in another switch, etc. As Ithoriel says if you have the phone there are a lot of options, especially if you can do a bit level copy and then work on that.

Personally I love the fingerprint sensor - so much easier and quicker than passcodes. In fact I am now so used to it, quite often when I go to my iPad I press the home button and just stare at the 'swipe to unlock' message for some time before my mind realises that the iPad doesn't have a finger print sensor, and I better do what the message says.

While I don't like the idea of Big Brother what this whole things seems to be saying is

"An individuals privacy is more important than the lives (possibly hundreds) that might be saved by denying him that privacy!

Tell that to the relatives of the victims of  9/11 , 7/7 , The Tunisian beach massacre etc....etc...

If you say you believe his privacy is that important, would you really still say that, if it was your loved one who was going to die or be maimed because the persons privacy was more sacrosanct than their lives?

Agreed Orcs, but I'm going to gave to put my moderator hat on.
Gents, can we tone down the political stuff now?
Thank you.

Agreed

Apologies Will

I was just asking a rhetorical question to beg thought about.  - I nearly put that on the post.