gadgetdon

Apparently there's no sensitive data on the phones issued to Maricopa County employees, so there's no up-side to a phone whose maker is insistent on protecting the security of the data on them.

Yes, they crossed their heart and maybe even hoped to die that it would only ever be this phone - because this will ever be the only case where they want to unlock an iPhone. And they only want to disable the bit that wipes the iPhone - the part about removing the delay between tries and allowing passcodes to be sent via USB isn't even worth mentioning because they have no impact on the ability to unlock a phone. And they won't actually prosecute anyone if they find evidence, because that might mean having to release the tool for third party validation (http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/). No effect beyond this case ever. Never ever ever.