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Passcode locks are a barrier only for domestic uses, and wouldn't be a problem for a forensics expert. It's not like the pass code would encrypt the filesystem.
by gbaygon 14y ago
Passcode locks are a barrier only for domestic uses, and wouldn't be a problem for a forensics expert. It's not like the pass code would encrypt the filesystem.
- 0x0 14y agoActually the PIN code is the key (to the key) to the encrypted filesystem. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428477/the-iphone-has-passed-a-key-security-threshold/ http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428477/the-iphone-has-p... That's why on modern devices, a full remote wipe / secure wipe takes seconds instead of hours - only the master filesystem encryption key needs to be zeroed.
- StavrosK 14y agoHow hard is it to brute-force 10k keys?
- micampe 14y agohttp://helpdesk.bradley.edu/howto/images/iOS/erase.jpg http://helpdesk.bradley.edu/howto/images/iOS/erase.jpg also, if you need it you can enable passwords of any length and with more than just digits.
- StavrosK 14y agoFrom the extracted phone image, obviously.
- micampe 14y agoObviously, except the phone won't talk over USB unless it's unlocked. Unless of course you really want that data and take it apart and read the NAND directly. As always, security is not binary, you decide how much you need. If you are that concerned about your data you can enable real passwords.
- saurik 14y agoI believe the file system key is stored in a special area of storage nearly inside the system-on-chip, making this even more difficult than you'd even have assumed.
- eddieroger 14y agoIf your phone is set to hard reset after five or ten, pretty damn hard.
- gbaygon 14y agoThanks, my bad, i don't know that.