Hardware chips with tamper protection can hold encryption keys which Apple wouldn&#x27;t be able to modify. It is technically feasible and I&#x27;m pretty sure this is why people are saying Secure Enclave protects against this in newer iPhone models.<p>This is also the idea behind TPM chips which are in almost every phone&#x2F;laptop these days, so <i>consumers</i> couldn&#x27;t tamper with DRM and other similar crypto systems.