I think this makes the FBI look dumb, but I don't think this really helps them either.
If the NSA did this for espionage it's one thing, but I'm curious as to whether substantially modifying the iPhone in this way would stand up in court.... How would the police assert that they preserved evidence after doing this?
I was involved in a drawn out case challenged the validity of data recovered from backup at great. That was easy to assert with normal IT people, and yet it took weeks to litigate. Couldn't imagine how this would go.
If the NSA did this for espionage it's one thing, but I'm curious as to whether substantially modifying the iPhone in this way would stand up in court.... How would the police assert that they preserved evidence after doing this?
I was involved in a drawn out case challenged the validity of data recovered from backup at great. That was easy to assert with normal IT people, and yet it took weeks to litigate. Couldn't imagine how this would go.