Exploits, Tools & Data Recovery · Course 3
Passcode Bypass & the Unlocking Industry
Who unlocks phones, how the law treats it, and how phones resist.
- 1checkm8 Up Close12 min · See what an unpatchable startup bug can and can't do to an older iPhone.
- 2The Unlocking Industry12 min · Meet the companies that sell phone unlocking to police, and what leaks revealed.
- 3Apple vs FBI & the Law13 min · Follow the 2016 San Bernardino fight and how US courts treat forced unlocking.
- 4How Phones Fight Back13 min · See the hardware, timers and theft features that keep locked phones locked.
- 5Challenge: The Three Locked Phones15 min · Sort out what's realistic for three locked phones arriving at a forensics lab.
Hands-on
Do it on the simulated phone
Every lesson has a lab you can try in your browser, plus questions that earn points toward the Lockwatcher badge.
Start lesson 1