[HacktionLab] wiping phones data

Michael Rogers michael at briarproject.org
Wed Nov 22 14:09:19 UTC 2023


On 21/11/2023 22:00, sb wrote:
> When doing a factory reset, there is actually a duplicate hidden 
> partition of the main one, that just gets reloaded onto the main one if 
> it goes down. When you flash the bootloader with another manager, that's 
> how you get access. Hope that makes sense. I have no idea about iPhone s.

I think this is only the system partition though, not the user partition 
where all your personal data's stored. A factory reset should wipe the 
user partition but not either of the system partitions.

Cheers,
Michael
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