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		joeblau on Feb 17, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Message to Our Customers You can still enable full disk wipe after 10 failed password attempts[1]. That was available in iOS 7 I believe (but someone on here will correct me if I'm wrong). [1] - http://i2.wp.com/ioshacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Pa...

lern_too_spel on Feb 17, 2016 | [–]

The FBI's point is that Apple can update the software on the device to not honor that setting, which means it is not effective against a government attacker.

madeofpalk on Feb 17, 2016 | [–]

It's been available for quite a while, long before iOS 7. It was at least available in iOS 5, probably available before that.

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