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HtheB 2013-03-14 14:51

[Security Flaw] Bypass Lockscreen on the Nokia N950
 
After seeing the security flaws on iOS and Android, it's also possible to bypass the lockscreen by pressing randomly buttons like a headless chicken.

After that, it'll ask if you want to kill the task because it's not responding anymore. Simply press YES, and it's unlocked...! :confused:

See it in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quv9iD75JJM

Edit:
This could also be done on the N9, but it's a bit harder to pull off.

munozferna 2013-03-14 14:55

Re: [Security Flaw] Bypass Lockscreen on the Nokia N950
 
haha, nice find :) don't expect an update for this one though

ajalkane 2013-03-14 15:07

Re: [Security Flaw] Bypass Lockscreen on the Nokia N950
 
Lol... That is nice find indeed!

lorenzo 2013-03-14 15:28

Re: [Security Flaw] Bypass Lockscreen on the Nokia N950
 
in N9 (for mine experience) often happened that it aksed me to kill lockscreen without pressing many buttons, maybe cause cpu was still at 300MHz
if you want something more secure this never happened with facelock

HtheB 2013-03-14 15:39

Re: [Security Flaw] Bypass Lockscreen on the Nokia N950
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by lorenzo (Post 1328990)
in N9 (for mine experience) often happened that it aksed me to kill lockscreen without pressing many buttons, maybe cause cpu was still at 300MHz
if you want something more secure this never happened with facelock

Facelock drains the batteries so fast... (It uses like 50% of the batteries!)

martula 2013-03-20 03:06

Re: [Security Flaw] Bypass Lockscreen on the Nokia N950
 
Thanks for the answers. I obviously tried 12345, 12346789 and so on :) and I will definitely try the headless chicken method. I dont think I need to worry about the phone being stolen as it was a guy who sold it to me who send me the link to here.

HtheB 2013-03-20 13:31

Re: [Security Flaw] Bypass Lockscreen on the Nokia N950
 
you can also flash the device to remove the password screen though :P
but a reguler user wouldn't know that...

Edit: although, can you flash the device if the password protection is on?

meemorph 2013-03-20 13:55

Re: [Security Flaw] Bypass Lockscreen on the Nokia N950
 
I can wait a little to flash it, the akku not. ;-)


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