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December 5, 2016 07:39 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/r7Gf74fjK_A/uk-cops-beat-phone-encryption.html
UK cops beat phone encryption by "mugging" suspect after he unlocked his phone
Detectives from Scotland Yard's cybercrime unit decided the easiest way to get around their suspect's careful use of full-disk encryption and strong passphrases on his Iphone was to trail him until he made a call, then "mug" him by snatching his phone and then tasking an officer to continuously swipe at the screen to keep it from going to sleep, which would reactivate the disk encryption. (more…)
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