iOS' data protection not so protective, German security expert claims

According to security expert Andreas Kurtz, everyone with the ability to bypass your iPhone 4/4S's passcode is able to access the unencrypted contents of your device's file system, and more specifically, e-mail attachments. As Apple states, all iPhone 3GS and later, all iPad models, and iPod Touch models 3G and later offer hardware encryption with keys generated from the passcode. But Kurtz found out that bypassing the passcode on a locked iPhone 4 effectively decrypts the device and exposes its contents to anyone that might be interested in them. Here's the full posting off of Kurtz' personal ...



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