iPhone mobile forensics

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iPhone mobile forensics

Hello,

The local police in my area have wrongly accused me of being involved in a crime. They subsequently seized my iPhone and told me that they want to recover messages and Safari browsing history.

I explained that I very regularly delete my text messages and Safari history but they insisted that they must look for themselves.

I am curious as to what they can actually dig out from my iPhone. It’s an iPhone XS Max running iOS 13. The phone was passcode protected with only 4 digits. I did not provide them with the passcode.

Can anyone tell me if A) The police can crack a four digit passcode on such model of iPhone? and B) Can they recover my deleted data?

Many thanks

iPhone XS Max

Posted on Jan 21, 2021 12:31 PM

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VikingOSX

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Jan 21, 2021 3:23 PM in response to linford115

Law Enforcement has access to tools that can get past your iPhone password without you providing it. You should assume that any information remaining on the phone that they have interest in can be extracted, even from SQL databases that hold other information that you thought was deleted at the application level. Talk to an Attorney.

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