Indicted Eric Adams told FBI he forgot his iPhone's new passcode

All of us should use iPhone passcodes and any of us can forget them, but few of us are New York City mayors being indicted for corruption and claiming to have changed the code to help investigators.iPhone passcodeFollowing news of his indictment in September 2024, more details have emerged of how investigators seized the Apple devices owned by Mayor Adams in November 2023. The full court filing shows that while two of his cellphones were seized then, they did not include his personal iPhone.'When Adams produced his personal cellphone the next day in response to a subpoena,' says the filing, 'it was 'locked,' such that the device required a password to open.' Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums