The posts about how to break the screen lock are very frequently visited. This is why I thought it’s time to give you a short update and provide you with a Python script, that can do most of the attack in an automated way.
Cracking PIN and Password Locks on Android
As you may know it is possible to get around the pin and password lock on an Android smartphone. In this post we will describe the following two ways to get around it:
- on a rooted smartphone
- with the help of the JTAG interface
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Cracking the Pattern Lock on Android
As you maybe know it is very easy to get around the pattern lock on an Android smartphone. In this post we will describe the following two ways to get around it:
- on a rooted smartphone
- with the help of the JTAG interface
Cracking the Face Recognition Lock on Android
Since Android 4.0 is available, the user has the possibility to unlock his smartphone by looking in the front-camera. This feature is called face unlock.
Just some hours after Google has presented the new Android version including this feature, it was broken by some blogger who just hold a picture of the person the smartphone belongs to in front of the locked smartphone. As a proof, there are plenty videos on youtube. With this demonstration in mind, you have to come to the conclusion that face recognition isn’t a real lock feature, its more a fancy way of the old screen lock were you just have to swipe over the display. Continue reading “Cracking the Face Recognition Lock on Android”