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by albinofrenchy 3755 days ago
Isn't it just a 4 digit pin? Even if they input a pin per minute, that is slightly under a week, worst case scenario.
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kyrra 3755 days ago
iOS9 started defaulting to asking for a 6-digit pin now (though you can still do 4-digit). So it may depend on when the phone was setup.
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05 3755 days ago
Only for Touch ID enabled devices
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iLoch 3755 days ago
No, it uses an exponential back off.
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albinofrenchy 3755 days ago
Even after the 'delete everything' ten attempts? In any case, you can just reboot the phone, and if it does write the number of missed attempts to NAND, you were going to revert that anyway.
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iLoch 3755 days ago
Yeah I have no doubts there are ways around it - but they would definitely all contribute to making the brute forcing process A LOT slower.
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cdcarter 3755 days ago
Hasn't this phone been in FBI custody for months now?
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