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#1 Blibby

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 12:06 AM



With this XRY system, police agencies and look through your iDevice/Android for files like your Lock code, location log, SMS, calls, Contacts, etc. I think they do have read access to Thr full file system, but they probably would not know where to look for certain things, do you would probably be okay with AndroidLock XT. I'm guessing to exploit the phone they would wait until a jailbreak release, or they could even find an exploit themselves, but I doubt it. Overall, it allows users to get a through look at what is on the device. I found it intresting. What about you?

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 07:34 PM

They cant do that. Atleast not in the U.S. We have the 5th amendment right.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:39 PM

View PostBooCocky, on 29 March 2012 - 07:34 PM, said:

They cant do that. Atleast not in the U.S. We have the 5th amendment right.

Apparently there is a law somewhete in California that allows it without a warrant. I can see how this would be shady, but I can also see how it could be very helpful to police during an arrest, etc.

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Posted 08 April 2012 - 03:13 PM

The police have a device called a "stingray". It emulates a cell tower and transfers data from a cell phone to the device, the same as a cell phone would do for a regular cell tower. Police can get lots of data this way. Mostly phone numbers, device name etc... They use it for surveillance, and tracking criminals.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 03:17 PM

turn data off problem solved :P
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Posted 18 April 2012 - 04:42 PM

They are pretty much using public exploits (used for jailbreak) to make money. Now guessing the pass in that time is because of it being 0000. Having a stronger password will take more. Especially if it includes letters.

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Posted 19 April 2012 - 01:14 AM

View PostDaKnOb, on 18 April 2012 - 04:42 PM, said:

They are pretty much using public exploits (used for jailbreak) to make money. Now guessing the pass in that time is because of it being 0000. Having a stronger password will take more. Especially if it includes letters.

Yes and no. Although it is true they are using public jailbreaks to temporarily view the filesystem, their program synthesizes many different files so that it is presented in a user-friendly manner that is efficient. They are providing UI to view the most important files in a device.

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Posted 19 April 2012 - 06:04 AM

View PostBlibby, on 19 April 2012 - 01:14 AM, said:


Yes and no. Although it is true they are using public jailbreaks to temporarily view the filesystem, their program synthesizes many different files so that it is presented in a user-friendly manner that is efficient. They are providing UI to view the most important files in a device.


So a "Graphics Designer" (I know they do a little bit more) does more work than a vulnerability researcher and a developer.

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 08:43 PM

The police will be in a cat and mouse game along with us. They steal the jailbreak software from jailbreak community and manipulate it for their own needs. I hope their unconstitutional antics dont comprimise th DMCA. Hopefully there will be an app released in cydia to break "thier needs".

Just more energy wasted on "the war on drugs" give it up copassss.

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 04:51 AM

No doubt, is there a way to encrypt your hard drive? We can do it on android 4.0 and newer.

Also they look at your data by plugging it in right?
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