“Wired connections with a computer or accessory are blocked when iPhone is locked.”
Apple opens with “Apple makes the most secure mobile devices on the market,” then ships a mode that turns off half the phone because the default isn’t secure enough. NSO’s zero-click exploits got in through iMessage attachments and browser JIT, which is exactly what Lockdown Mode disables. The $2 million bounty is real money. So is the admission that the attack surface was the feature list.