> Breaking the code, according to an Apple technical guide, could take “more than 5 1/2 years to try all combinations of a six-character alphanumeric passcode with lowercase letters and numbers.” (Computer security experts question that figure, because Apple does not fully realize how quickly the N.S.A. supercomputers can crack codes.)
Uh, what? Surely the journalist has missed an important technical detail here, right?
Uh, what? Surely the journalist has missed an important technical detail here, right?
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