Google also found out that Android unlocked at the request of the investigation agency

ByRobert Bejil

It occurred in December 2015San Bernardino gun shooting incidentIn connection with the problem, FBI asked Apple suspect password of suspect iPhone, the problem Apple had continued to refuse,FBI uniquely unlocked without AppleBy seeing it I saw one solution.

However, in this surveyApple has been releasing passwords for the investigation 70 times in the pastIt turned out to be. In addition, it became clear that Google was cooperating with Android 's unlock request.

Google Also Has Been Ordered to Help Unlock Phones, Records Show - WSJ
http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-has-also-been-ordered-to-help-unlock-phones-records-show-1459342847


All Writs Act Orders for Assistance From Tech Companies | American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org/map/all-writs-act-orders-assistance-tech-companies


Feds ordered Google's help unlocking nine Android phones since 2012 | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11330892/fbi-google-android-unlocking-phone-court-order

Feds used 1789 law to force Apple, Google to unlock phones 63 times | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/feds-used-1789-law-to-force-apple-google-to-unlock-phones-63-times/

According to a study of the American Association for Freedom of Human Rights (ACLU), since 2008 the US government has "All Writs Act (All Warrants Act)"We used Google and Apple to cooperate with accessing data in Android · iPhone. Google is 9 times, Apple is 54 times.

Map where ACLU gathers information by state is kore. The color coding is the state where blue issued a warrant to Apple, the state red issued a warrant to Google, purple is the state that issued a warrant to Apple and Google.


According to Google, Apple has never been asked to create a new tool that threatens the security of the product, as requested by Apple after San Bernardino gun shooting incident.

However, in the past, "Google has secretly changed the password of the terminal so that the investigative authority can access the inside, the investigative institution conducts full imaging of the smartphone, Google finally restores the password again" It seems that it was done, the search warrant issued by California state remains, and it is uploaded to Scribd.

California Android unlocking order
http://ja.scribd.com/doc/306383496/California-Android-unlocking-order

Note that this method can not be used after Android 5.0 Lollipop which security has improved.