FBI Can’t Crack Android Pattern-Screen Lock

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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/fbi-android-phone-lock/

By David Kravets
Threat Level
Wired.com
March 14, 2012

Pattern-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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