Post #4353713
2026-08-03 11:30 UTC
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@tranquil_cassowary@infosec.exchange 2026-08-03 12:00
@pierre_pebble@mastodon.ie @six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social @404mediaco@mastodon.social To summarize, it wipes 3 types of data needed to derive the encryption key. Wiping 1 of those is enough, they wipe all 3 for redundancy because this goes insanely quickly anyway. Then it reboots the device to clear RAM. At this point when the OS tries to boot, it fails because it can't decrypt the data. It will try a few times to reboot and will them prompt you on a recovery screen to factory reset the device. Then it will do the factory procedure that puts your device in a state where it will show you the device set up screen if you boot up. The data was already unrecoverable before you do that, to be very clear, but the device would just bring you to the set up wizard before you go through the recovery menu.