Post by Chicago Jake on Mar 15, 2012 17:40:38 GMT -6
Android Pattern Lock Stumps FBI
The FBI is seeking a warrant to compel Google to unlock an Android phone that was confiscated from an alleged pimp.
Special Agent Jonathan R. Cupina of the San Diego division is requesting the warrant to authorize 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" to the contents and memory of an alleged pimp's Android phone.
The warrant request was filed March 9, 2012, and spotted by Christopher Soghoian of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research on his blog, slight paranoia.
The full 13-page request details the case of alleged pimp Dante Dears, who is a "founding member" of the Pimpin' Hoes Daily gang.
Dears was initially released on parole in January 2009 after serving four years for his role as a founder of the gang, but he violated his parole on three occasions and served an additional 1.5 years in prison. He was finally released in May 2011, and has since been "communicating with a confidential human source who reported to the FBI on Dears' continued human trafficking activities."
On Jan. 11, 2011, the FBI saw Dears using a cellphone for "a period of nearly six hours," despite having denied possessing a phone for months. Dears' parole officer confronted him about the device Jan. 17, but Dears claimed it belonged to his sister.
He eventually relinquished the phone to the parole officer, but refused to allow him access to it -- a direct violation of his parole. According to the warrant request, Dears signed a form that stated he would "not use any method to hide or prevent unauthorized users from viewing specific data or files; i.e., encryption, cryptography, steganography, compression, password protected files" and that he would provide his login/password info to his parole officer upon request.
The phone is a Samsung model SGH-T679, or the Samsung Exhibit II 4G, which is T-Mobile's flagship handset for its no-contract, $30/month partner plan with Walmart.
So, because Dears refused to give up his password, the FBI needs Google's help. Apparently, "despite multiple attempts by ... technicians," the FBI cannot crack Android's super sophisticated code.
more at link.....
www.pcworld.com/article/251906/android_pattern_lock_stumps_fbi.html
The FBI is seeking a warrant to compel Google to unlock an Android phone that was confiscated from an alleged pimp.
Special Agent Jonathan R. Cupina of the San Diego division is requesting the warrant to authorize 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" to the contents and memory of an alleged pimp's Android phone.
The warrant request was filed March 9, 2012, and spotted by Christopher Soghoian of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research on his blog, slight paranoia.
The full 13-page request details the case of alleged pimp Dante Dears, who is a "founding member" of the Pimpin' Hoes Daily gang.
Dears was initially released on parole in January 2009 after serving four years for his role as a founder of the gang, but he violated his parole on three occasions and served an additional 1.5 years in prison. He was finally released in May 2011, and has since been "communicating with a confidential human source who reported to the FBI on Dears' continued human trafficking activities."
On Jan. 11, 2011, the FBI saw Dears using a cellphone for "a period of nearly six hours," despite having denied possessing a phone for months. Dears' parole officer confronted him about the device Jan. 17, but Dears claimed it belonged to his sister.
He eventually relinquished the phone to the parole officer, but refused to allow him access to it -- a direct violation of his parole. According to the warrant request, Dears signed a form that stated he would "not use any method to hide or prevent unauthorized users from viewing specific data or files; i.e., encryption, cryptography, steganography, compression, password protected files" and that he would provide his login/password info to his parole officer upon request.
The phone is a Samsung model SGH-T679, or the Samsung Exhibit II 4G, which is T-Mobile's flagship handset for its no-contract, $30/month partner plan with Walmart.
So, because Dears refused to give up his password, the FBI needs Google's help. Apparently, "despite multiple attempts by ... technicians," the FBI cannot crack Android's super sophisticated code.
more at link.....
www.pcworld.com/article/251906/android_pattern_lock_stumps_fbi.html
