return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoiPhones Seized by Cops Are Rebooting, and No One’s Sure Whygizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: infosecpub@infosec.pub
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minus-squareTragicNotCute@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoI don’t know how it works under the hood, but from a user perspective it behaves like it’s in BFU. Biometrics disabled, phone code required.
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoYeah, don’t get me wrong. Disabling the biometrics and requiring the pin is a good step. But I would like to see somebody test it to figure out whether it actually goes into BFU mode or not.
I don’t know how it works under the hood, but from a user perspective it behaves like it’s in BFU. Biometrics disabled, phone code required.
Yeah, don’t get me wrong. Disabling the biometrics and requiring the pin is a good step. But I would like to see somebody test it to figure out whether it actually goes into BFU mode or not.