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> F.B.I. personnel apparently believed that by resetting the iCloud password, they could get access to information stored on the iPhone. Instead, the change had the opposite effect — locking them out and eliminating other means of getting in.

I don't believe this one single bit. I believe they already have salvaged whatever they could from the iCloud account.

They have been after the backdoor for a long time. Needing info from a "terrorist's" phone is the perfect cover.

The accidental reset is just bullocks



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