> and then erases the signed version of the software.
And the entire development tree? The local repos on the computer of every engineer that touches it?
You realize that even nuclear secrets get stolen, right? Even the NSA's dirty laundry got aired in public. No serious product remains in the dark forever.
All of which are useless if you don't have Apple's signing key.
The code to ignore the lockout is quite possibly a 1 line fix.
This case wouldn't be needed were that not the case, since otherwise it would be almost trivial to dump an iPhone's firmware image and hex edit the relevant code out.
And the entire development tree? The local repos on the computer of every engineer that touches it?
You realize that even nuclear secrets get stolen, right? Even the NSA's dirty laundry got aired in public. No serious product remains in the dark forever.