<blockquote>But … if a “cyber pathogen” really was on the phone, surely the last thing you’d want to do is unlock it and connect it to a network? Wouldn’t the safer thing to do be just chuck the phone in the microwave and never turn it on again?</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/04/san-bernardino-da-baffles-security-community-lying-dormant-cyber-pathogen-iphone">What’s a 'cyber pathogen'? San Bernardino DA baffles security community | Technology | The Guardian</a>.