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Mex@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years ago

Boris Johnson’s Covid WhatsApps: ex-PM ‘can’t remember iPhone password’

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Boris Johnson’s Covid WhatsApps: ex-PM ‘can’t remember iPhone password’

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Mex@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years ago
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Boris Johnson has been unable to give WhatsApp messages from his old mobile phone to the Covid inquiry because he cannot remember the passcode, The Times has be
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    It’s definitely 00769.

    I imagine “sorry I forgot my password” comes up a lot in police investigations, I imagine it wouldn’t slow down the computer forensics team much.

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      Forget the forensics guys, if he keeps this up they’ll be prepping the rubber hose and dentistry tools guys.

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        Perhaps we could skip the forensics?

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      Phones are well encrypted, they need the password

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        No, you can crack them with the right forensic tools, it just costs. I imagine of they tell BoJo they can unlock his phone but they’ll charge him £50k to do it, he’ll “find” his password tucked down the side of a mistress.

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          Only if the phone hasn’t been powered off or “locked-down”

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