[Cryptography] A possible way into an iPhone?

[Tom Mitchell]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Arnold Reinhold <agr at me.com> wrote:

> I found this link while working on the "FBI v. Apple" Wikipedia article:
>
>
> http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/how-to-avoid-the-disabled-time-out-when-trying-to-remember-your-passcode-on-your-itouch-iphone-or-ipad/
>
> Here is the most relevant part:
>
> “...you are allowed five guesses for free, meaning that the first five
> guesses do not incur any timeout penalty. But as soon as you enter your 6th
> guess at your passcode, if it’s wrong, your device is disabled for one
> minute. Then you get one more guess, and if that one is wrong, your device
> is disabled for five minutes. Then another guess, and if it’s wrong, you
> are locked out of your device for 15 minutes. After that each wrong guess
> at your passcode incurs a full 60 minute disabled timeout.”
>
> "The way to avoid the disabled timeout when guessing at your passcode is
> this: as soon as you get your first message that your device “is disabled
> try again in X minutes”, connect it to your computer, with iTunes running.
> As soon as your device starts syncing disconnect it from the computer (yes,
> while it is starting to sync – we told you this was not approved by Apple!)
>

Not approved...
Read again this blog.
http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=5645





> This method has worked for us every time – as soon as you disconnect the
> device from your computer, for some reason, you will once again have 5 free
> guesses to guess at your passcode.”
>

Failure is not an option.
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