Can Police Unlock Seized Cell Phones Even If They Don't Know The Codes?

ke
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Had heard that it was impossible for police technicians to crack Iphones. Is that correct? How does that work with Huawei phones? I always thought the police could crack all kinds of confiscated password-protected electronic devices. What is a fact and what is not?

De

They can crack everything. Some take just 2-3 minutes longer. If at all…

ka

Sure, everything can be hacked, no system is certainly not a cell phone at all, but police officers are not allowed to do so unless a life is in danger.

Te

No is not possible as long as your system is up to date

ja

Nonsense… They won't even get cracked if the code is on the back

La

It is not about cracking and you always have to consider whether it is relevant to the case or relevant to the safety of other people. Then the public prosecutor can decide whether the smartphone is unlocked or not.

Apple and Co do not give out passwords, but I'm sure that Apple's state power has software to unlock Apple devices.

With Android you just have to look at the net. There's a manual for almost every smartphone on how to bypass the protection.

ke

It is 1 Huawei mate 10 per cell phone, 1 Huawei mate 10 light cell phone, 1 Iphone 11 and a 5+ year old Asus laptop. How do you estimate the cracking possibilities of these cell phones?

ke

So hopeless with Huawei mate 10 pro and light?

ke

No good news if that's true…

ke

That's exaggerated now.

ka

Do you mean that no system is secure or is life in danger?

De

In the meantime there are programs working that enter millions of passwords per second…

ke

That no system is secure

ka

Unfortunately, yes.

ja

No.

Te

As long as the security updates are up to date almost impossible

De

You may not be able to reason reasonably, but believe me, they'll get everything cracked and restored. Have you ever seen what programs they have? No

ja

It's just not true

De

Please reasonable arguments😭

ja

IPhones no longer accept automated input. You will not be able to access the system without Apple's approval, e.g. Using special software updates

De
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They can also completely bypass the password entry by directly accessing the system memory using external devices…

ja

It is encrypted, for Apple devices with T2 chip and secure enclave etc if the device is locked / off it does not work

De

Believe me, they can crack any device. It doesn't matter how it is encrypted, after 2-3 hours they cracked it…

ja

How?

Ba

Millions per second is nothing with a good password. If you only use letters and have a 10-digit password, there are already over 140 trillion options. And special characters are not included at all.

La

Hopeless to unlock? You can unlock Android better than iOS. I will unlock such a device in a few minutes.

La

That's nonsense. Even with the latest security updates, these can be unlocked quickly. The only thing the police need is a test Google Account. Not more.