The government then revealed that they had access to a third party tool that they used to break into the phone and recover its contents.

I’m not sure if we’re thinking of the same case but I also remember that the tool wasn’t ready in the beginning, which is why they tried the court method until it was

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I don’t think the store takes your money right away? They mark it paid when the transaction starts not when they receive the money.

How is the link file executing malware? Can you put any shell script as the target?