[phyrrus9]

The underlying encryption seems like an overkill, but very Impressive I might add.

The article Is quite detailed, so (as time permits) I'll go through It later today or early tomorrow.

You'd think so, but all of it was added by simple necessity. These levels of encryption are what prevents the government (and Apple) from reading your data, even with physical access or by using a cloud backup. Not even apple has the user or system keys.