XRY’s two-minute iPhone passcode exploit debunked

I told you some time ago about a company that posted a video where they demonstrated that the passcode on the iPhone could be cracked in a couple of minutes. Well, jailbreak maestro @chronic, has posted a detailed rebuttal on his blog.

Go read it, the summary is this:

1. It’s not as easy as they made it seem in the video.
2. There are ways of making it very difficult to perform, by just using a longer passcode (which he explains how to do).
3. The iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and 3 are not affected.

Also, there is the most obvious one, they need physical access to the device. Via 9to5Mac

Here’s How Law Enforcement Cracks Your iPhone’s Security Code

Forbes:

Here’s a video posted last week by Micro Systemation, a Stockholm, Sweden-based firm that sells law enforcement and military customers the tools to access the devices of criminal suspects or military detainees and siphon off their personal information.

If anyone has physical acces to your phone, it’s game over.