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From: Priam on 28 May 2010 19:17
If your iPhone is stolen, the data stored on the device is accessible.

Please note that this doesn't involve a complicated hack. All that is
needed is to connect a powered off iPhone to an Ubuntu 10.04 PC (most
probably any other Linux PC would also work) via USB, then switch it on.


"This data protection flaw exposes music, photos, videos, podcasts,
voice recordings, Google safe browsing database, game contents� by in my
opinion the quickest compromising read/write access discovered so far,
without leaving any track record by the attacker. It�s about to imagine
how many enterprises (e.g. Fortune 100) actually do rely on the
expectation that their iPhone 3GS�s whole content is protected by
encryption with a passcode based authentication in place to unlock it.

"The contents sample have been collected off a non jail broken iPhone
3GS (with latest iPhone OS installed, all apps fully up to date and
immediately �PIN lock� (passcode, 4 digits) enabled, by simply
connecting it powered off via USB to a Linux Lucid Lynx PC (10.04) and
then switched back on � being automatically mounted with given
insecurity and never been attached to the PC before."

<http://marienfeldt.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/iphone-business-security-framework/>

I don't own an iPhone but, if I did, I'd certainly download Lucid Lynx
and give it a try. If this really works, I'd ask for a refund.
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