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Please know that the 4-digit pin is easily removed by someone with non-specialist tools that are widely available. Touch ID is too new to assess whether this is
by casca 13y ago
Please know that the 4-digit pin is easily removed by someone with non-specialist tools that are widely available. Touch ID is too new to assess whether this is also the case for the new Iphone, but it's quite possible that there is a sufficiently clear fingerprint on the screen of your device already for reuse.
UPDATE
For more detail about how this is done, have a look at the current releases of jailbreaking tools. The general method is to perform a temporary jailbreak which allows the ability to SSH into the device and dump all the data.
- lawnchair_larry 13y agoThe 4 digit PIN is not at all easily removed. This meme needs to die.
- dan1234 13y ago> Please know that the 4-digit pin is easily removed by someone with non-specialist tools that are widely available. Got a credible source for this?
- hrrsn 13y agoI've used msftguy's SSH ramdisk tool plus the iphone-dataprotection tools on Google Code. Takes about 20 minutes maximum to bruteforce the 4 digit PIN. What the poster doesn't mention that this only works on devices with iBoot bootloader exploits, which is currently the A4/iPhone 4 and lower. The 4S, 5, 5S, 5C etc are all safe from this.
- mitchty 13y agoAdditionally, its rather easy to switch your lock password to be regular text. Good luck guessing the length and the passphrase I use to lock my phone now when the keyboard comes up.
- hrrsn 13y agoThis isn't true for devices with the A5, A6 or A5 processor. The iPad 2, 3, 4, mini, 4S, 5, 5C and 5S are safe.
- danieldk 13y agoCould you explain why? Or at least provide some pointers?
- bri3d 13y agoIn order to start bruteforcing the PIN using the current method, you need to get code running on the device before iOS has finished booting, which means a custom ramdisk. Only pre-A5 CPUs are vulnerable to the boot-ROM exploit which allows a custom ramdisk to be uploaded. The exploit is called "limera1n" or the "A4 boot-ROM exploit" if you're interested in learning more.
- hrrsn 13y agoThis is all correct. While there have been A5/A6 jailbreaks, none have been at a low enough level (not a bootloader exploit) to provide the facility to load a ramdisk so none of the above tool methods are compatible.