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Why? The FBI pitched a fit over access to a shooter’s phone in the press a few years ago, then stopped.

Now, you have a multiple products on the market that can crack passcodes by utilizing flaws that allow you to brute force PINs, which are by default 6 digit numbers. (Despite most guidance demanding 8)



Cellebrite UFED Cellphone Forensic Extraction Device Teardown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LLGGCXH9MQ

UFED, get it? its right in the name :] Video has little demonstration with older phones, one click bypass for all passcodes.




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