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Cops Can Crack an iPhone In Under Two Minutes

Sparrowvsrevolution writes "Micro Systemation, a Stockholm-based company, has released a video showing that its software can easily bypass the iPhone's four-digit passcode in a matter of seconds. It can also crack Android phones, and is designed to dump the devices' data to a PC for easy browsing, including messages, GPS locations, web history, calls, contacts and keystroke logs. The company's director of marketing says it uses an undisclosed vulnerability in the devices it targets to run a program on the phone that brute-forces its passcode. He says the company's business is 'booming' and that it's sold the devices to law enforcement and military customers in 60 countries. He says Micro Systemation's biggest customer is the U.S. military."

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  1. Pshaw by TechHawk · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can crack any smart phone in under 15 seconds.

    With a sledgehammer...

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    "My brand of comfort isn't so much 'There-there' as it is 'There's a boot, pardon me while I connect it with your ass!'"
  2. I'm safe from this crack by Yvan256 · · Score: 2, Funny

    My password is one, two, three, four, five.

  3. Crack your iPhone? by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Funny

    Remember when they only cracked your skull?

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
    1. Re:Crack your iPhone? by flyneye · · Score: 4, Funny

      How many cops does it take to crack an iPhone?
      One to get the coffee.
      One to get the donuts.
      One to find someone who knows how to operate an iPhone.
      One to put in a requisition to the city council for Micro Systemations softwhore.
      666 to increase traffic citations to pay for it...
      Then 4 or 5 to install it.
      and two, six months to figure out the software.

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  4. Re:Not much good if the passcode is easy to guess by MaskedSlacker · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ooh! I love the non-sequitur game!

    Good luck entering a PIN so you can call 911 when you're being physically assaulted.

    Your turn.