ChiliPepr
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As a spin-off let's say my spouse or child or parent dies and I inherit their i-phone and want to open it but don't know the code.... wouldn't it be consumer responsive for Apple to open the i-phone for me? Ditto if they become incapacitated and I am the POA.
In this case you would be out of luck. As you would be if you just forgot your pass code and did not have a fingerprint reader on the phone. Apple currently CANNOT unlock any iOS 9 phone, not "will not". Even with this change the government is asking for, Apple WILL NOT be able to unlock the phone.
The only way to unlock the phone is to enter the correct pass code.
The government is asking Apple to build a new version of their iOS that can be installed on the phone that will remove other security restrictions. They want this new version to:
- Remove the option that wipes the phone after 10 bad password attempts
- Removes the delay between password attempts after 5 bad password attempts
- Allows passwords to be entered through the data port by a computer and remove the restriction that they go thru the screen