Apple can open it for them if they wanted. The article claims they couldn’t if they wanted.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/exploit-used-in-mass-iphone-infection-campaign-targeted-secret-hardware-feature/
This was patched but you know they just altered it to close what was known to outsiders while keeping their own access
BootyDust
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2024-04-02 00:12:21
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npub1d6f7whff52avavp6dx3qhue57u2p96vg2zrqxnq5rggnzmgdalmqmnlnfnPublished at
2024-04-02 00:12:21Event JSON
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