IT experiment w/ second phone

[N0b0dy]

I have this piece of shit second phone with a cracked screen that dies within minutes at full charge. The model is TSL 20S, so a bit old but not dinosaur. I forgot the password to it, and it got me thinking about ethical hacking. I looked into what it takes to hack into a phone, and it's pretty ridiculous. I've gotten through on one of my laptops, but mobile security seems to be more difficult seemingly? With a PC it's pretty easy if you have direct physical access, a flash drive and the memory isn't encrypted. I don't even know where to start with mobile frankly, though I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually (sigh).

Does anyone here have a background in IT who can give tips on where to start? I tried AI but it's too stupid and restricted for this. Obviously this really isn't "on topic" for the forum, but IT is a great skillset to have and there's clearly at least a handful of people here who have it.

Thx.

 

[Heron]

I have this piece of shit second phone with a cracked screen that dies within minutes at full charge. The model is TSL 20S, so a bit old but not dinosaur. I forgot the password to it, and it got me thinking about ethical hacking. I looked into what it takes to hack into a phone, and it's pretty ridiculous. I've gotten through on one of my laptops, but mobile security seems to be more difficult seemingly? With a PC it's pretty easy if you have direct physical access, a flash drive and the memory isn't encrypted. I don't even know where to start with mobile frankly, though I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually (sigh).

Does anyone here have a background in IT who can give tips on where to start? I tried AI but it's too stupid and restricted for this. Obviously this really isn't "on topic" for the forum, but IT is a great skillset to have and there's clearly at least a handful of people here who have it.

Thx.

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