The bypassing has to do with exerting their control despite user wishes. Hiding “complexity” from users is one method that is at the core of Apple’s brand.
Yes, very smart people uncover this kind of thing regularly, but the trend feels like Apple is just trying to refine the process until they have a “perfectly secure” device by virtue of the fact that not even legitimate owners are able to enforce their wishes when those wishes are counter to Apple’s mandates.
