“I’m an not going to hijack this thread educating you but you have no idea had cryptography works if since you think that.”
Oh yes I do... 4 years as a cryptologist in the military and 33 years as an HP engineer and 5 years as the CEO of a software company. If you remember, I said random.
Sounds like you drank the cool aid. My advice... Don’t believe every thing you read.
“... 4 years as a cryptologist in the military “
That doesn’t give you insight into cryptology, only operational use of crypto equipment.
Since you think brute force is the only option, again, you haven’t a clue how the mathematics of cryptology works.
He does not have a clue what he is talking about.
It is common knowledge in security circles that US code decryption ability is regularly tested by other nation states. They encrypt data and place it where it will be an object of extreme interest to the NSA. If they manage to decrypt it certain actions will be taken based on the data retrieved...these actions are carefully watched for.
It would be a simple matter to run the same sort of test to see if Apple really has shut out the ability to decrypt the data on the iPhone. I’m sure Apple has thought of this possibility and know their reputation would take a serious hit if it was discovered they were lying.
As long as the crypto is well implemented only a major breakthrough in factoring or quantum computing will allow for decryption by anyone. If such a breakthrough were to be made it would soon become common knowledge as various governments changed their cryptographic methods. The only way a breakthrough could be kept secret is if the NSA never ever acted on any data they might decrypt...and they could share the data with no one.