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FBI Tries To Force Google To Unlock User's Android Phone

Trailrunner7 writes "Those multi-gesture passcode locks on Android phones that give users (and their spouses) fits apparently present quite a challenge for the FBI as well. Frustrated by a swipe passcode on the seized phone of an alleged gang leader, FBI officials have requested a search warrant that would force Google to 'provide law enforcement with any and all means of gaining access, including login and password information, password reset, and/or manufacturer default code ("PUK"), in order to obtain the complete contents of the memory of cellular telephone.' The request is part of a case involving an alleged gang leader and human trafficker named Dante Dears in California. Dears served several years in prison for his role in founding a gang in California called PhD, and upon his release he went back to his activities with the gang, according to the FBI's affidavit."

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  1. Re:Plausible deniability... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let'ssee. Blacks are 8 times more likely than whites to commit the crime of robbery. FACT. Facts don't care how you feel about them.

    Blacks are 3 times more likely than whites to use a gun during a crime. 2 times more likely to use a knife. FACT. Facts don't care if you think they are racist - they are true anyway.

    I could go on but you get the point. Blacks are much more likely to be violent and criminal. FACT. Check all crime stats.

    So this pimp-gangbanger dude. Wonder what color he is? If he is black .. you liberal bed-wetters will act surprised then? Got to maintain appearances and all that.

    Equal opportunity is a great wonderful thing. I hope it never goes away. But it will not and should not guarantee equal results. That's a different matter entirely.