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> The iPhone

Probably the latest models. Cop told me they have problems cracking those. Older models not so much, that's pretty common knowledge.

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Is this because of vulnerabilities baked in the HW (or bootROM or any other unpatchable area)? What’s the situation on older Pixels? Are they generally safer than an iPhone for HW issues? It’s expected that given a few years some vulnerabilities will crop up for most hardware.

So then the best chance for security is to stay up to date with everything, including the latest HW model. At least this gives an attacker a window of only ~1 year to find and exploit a vulnerability.

I heard that the MIE is giving them trouble.

What he told me is all I know. If you look at the various devices that are sold to LE they clearly state which models can be hacked. Did a deep dive in to those devices after that conversation and if I remember correctly they openly state which models can be attacked. Some devices (old ones) you can get on ebay.

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