Android pattern lock foils FBI probe

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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/fbi-fails-break-pimp-android-pattern-lock-serves-192617057.html

The FBI fails to break through a pimp’s Android pattern lock, serves Google warrant

Tecca | Today in Tech – 2 hrs 23 mins ago

If you're dubious about Android's pattern lock ability to safeguard the contents of your phone or tablet, know this: it has recently proven to be a tough nut to crack even for the FBI. The feds had to serve Google a warrant to unlock the phone of a pimp suspected of violating his parole.

The suspect, Dante Dears, used to run an operation in San Diego called Pimpin' Hoes Daily (PHD) until he was convicted and locked up in 2005.

When he got out in 2009, authorities tethered him to a GPS monitor so he couldn't go on the streets to continue what he used to do. But Dears found a way to outwit his parole officers — he used an Android phone to run his business from the comforts of his own home.

The FBI, having suspected that he's been behind a prostitution ring all this time even without leaving his house, sent a source to monitor his actions. In spite of the fact that the source had seen him using the phone in his house for as long as six hours at a time, Dears denied that the phone was his. He refused to draw the pattern needed to go through Android's security measure, even though his parole conditions stated that he couldn't lock any of his digital files.

Edited March 16, 2012 by Why_Me

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Just legalize prostitution. Why are we telling women what they can do with their bodies anyway? This is ridiculous and oppressive to women and denies them freedom of choice.

Edited March 16, 2012 by Gary and Alla

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Just legalize prostitution. Why are we telling women what they can do with their bodies anyway? This is ridiculous and oppressive to women and denies them freedom of choice.

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The lesson: pimpin ain't easy unless you get an Android lock pattern

Edited March 16, 2012 by kennard