Oh, OK. That makes more sense. As I said to other commenter, I&#x27;m not doing enough research to figure out how they&#x27;re hacking it directly. There&#x27;s so many published hacks of hardware and firmware that were designed for secure operation that it would be a miracle if they didn&#x27;t have something on iPhones. It&#x27;s more a &quot;insecure-by-default&quot; if it doesn&#x27;t address what&#x27;s on my list of attack vectors. I know it doesn&#x27;t because it wouldn&#x27;t be compatible with legacy ARM or iOS code without modifications. ;)<p>Far as parallel construction, let me see if I can quickly Google something. Here&#x27;s you a few on it early on with FBI and DEA&#x27;s stronger cooperation.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techdirt.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;20150427&#x2F;11042430811&#x2F;nsas-stellar-wind-program-was-almost-completely-useless-hidden-fisa-court-nsa-fbi.shtml" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techdirt.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;20150427&#x2F;11042430811&#x2F;nsas-...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;us-dea-sod-idUSBRE97409R20130805" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;us-dea-sod-idUSBRE97409R20130...</a><p>Further, they&#x27;ll actually let a criminal go just to prevent either the public or courts learning the details of defense-related techniques. The Stingrays are a perfect example:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;fbi-would-rather-prosecutors-drop-cases-than-disclose-stingray-details&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;fbi-would-rather-...</a>