What an unclear story. At first read, it sounds like Apple is saying "well, it's just that some of them don't get counted, so neener neener", which is, er, exactly what the guy was alleging.
If I understand the clarifications, what Apple meant was that some of them don't get used at all (to try to unlock the device).
Basically he was cramming in a lot of digits into a keyboard buffer, but the phone didn't even think about most of them. Meaning that even if he guessed the correct pin, it's most likely it wouldn't have worked because it would be discarded without checking.
You mean it was an unclear summary. The story itself lays it out: the hacker said there is a way to send a stream of passcode attempts via cable to the iPhone which would override the 10 attempt limit. He later had to admit is that the method he used did not always send the attempt correctly to the phone and it was ignored thus not hitting the limit. He thought he sent 20 attempts when reality it was 5 or 6.
I can type ten bad passwords into my iPhone and not have it wiped. It's an option in settings that when turned off causes the phone to freeze and not accept a new attempt for a progressively longer time.
So there you have it, not all iPhones wipe after ten bad attempts.
The recent report about a passcode bypass on iPhone was in error, and a result of incorrect testing
He was using/holding it wrong.
What an unclear story. At first read, it sounds like Apple is saying "well, it's just that some of them don't get counted, so neener neener", which is, er, exactly what the guy was alleging.
If I understand the clarifications, what Apple meant was that some of them don't get used at all (to try to unlock the device).
Basically he was cramming in a lot of digits into a keyboard buffer, but the phone didn't even think about most of them. Meaning that even if he guessed the correct pin, it's most likely it wouldn't have worked because it would be discarded without checking.
I can type ten bad passwords into my iPhone and not have it wiped. It's an option in settings that when turned off causes the phone to freeze and not accept a new attempt for a progressively longer time.
So there you have it, not all iPhones wipe after ten bad attempts.