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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. Just another reason... by registrations_suck · · Score: 1, Troll

    ...to avoid dependence on "free" information services.

  2. Re:Plausible deniability... by stanlyb · · Score: 0, Troll

    You, man, are full of bullshit. What you cite as a fact is actually STATISTIC. You do know what is the difference, right? Oh, never-mind, the fact is that your are an idiot.

  3. Re:Ars Technica Lnk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    An I will sleep better tonight knowing that you are not a police officer, lawyer or judge.

    You are so many shades of wrong.