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FBI Can’t Crack Android Pattern-Screen Lock
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:22:05 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/fbi-android-phone-lock/ By David Kravets Threat Level Wired.com March 14, 2012Pattern-screen locks on Android phones are secure, apparently so much so that they have stumped the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The bureau claims in federal court documents that forensics experts performed “multiple attempts” to access the contents of a Samsung Exhibit II handset, but failed to unlock the phone.
An Android device requires the handset’s Google e-mail address and its accompanying password to unlock the handset once too many wrong swipes are made. The bureau is seeking that information via a court-approved warrant to Google in order to unlock a suspected San Diego-area prostitution pimp’s mobile phone. (For details on the pimp investigation, check out Ars Technica‘s story on the case.)
Locking down a phone is even more important today than ever because smart phones store so much personal information. What’s more, many states, including California, grant authorities the right to access a suspect’s mobile phone, without a warrant, upon arrest for any crime.
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