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bitman_moon t1_j24gcte wrote

No, they don't. After the death of a loved one, I emailed Tim Cook. He replied. Not possible. Since then, they introduced a feature to set contacts, who can unlock your phone after death. Doubt she setup for that. Apple does not unlock phones. I don't think they have a backdoor for that. Remember the FBI thing?

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BogusMalone t1_j24lhf1 wrote

It’s called a legacy contact. I set up my children to have access in the event of my death.

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mhmower t1_j24v3ex wrote

How does one set that up?

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metroidmen t1_j24zkss wrote

Settings > Your Name > Password & Security > Legacy Contact

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Davidclabarr t1_j27996k wrote

Lmao I just did this and the default message kinda sounds like I’m about to end it all ahah.

Had to send a follow up to say I was fine.

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vavyxray t1_j26z74q wrote

You can just email Tim Cook? Or you had to escalate customer service?

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music3k t1_j270tiy wrote

This tweet is poorly written, and my uninformed guess, is that the phone was unlocked with another unlocked Apple device, ie a macbook or watch.

Or its just straight up wrong.

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PoetryRadiant6278 t1_j25nuj9 wrote

The FBI is American, this case is in India, where the laws are significantly different. It’s entirely possible-without having an in depth knowledge on the matter-that encryption standards are mandated to be different in India, or companies are mandated to be able to unlock their devices if required by LE.

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tubezninja t1_j25q33l wrote

The on-device encryption standard for iOS devices in India are no different from the ones anywhere else. If the OS is up to date, and the phone is locked with an unknown passcode, then Apple can’t get into it, in the U.S., India, anywhere.

Having said this: For now, it IS possible in India for Apple to obtain any data backed up in iCloud, if law enforcement follows whatever legal procedures are in place. Advantaged Data Protection (in which Apple “throws away” its copy of the encryption key), is not a feature that exists there yet. This is probably what they’re referring to here.

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