Pin credits his 25-year journey in the LEGO hobby to a lifelong love of “Star Wars,” though he admits he was initially frustrated with some of LEGO’s early forays into the galaxy far, far away.

Pin credits his 25-year journey in the LEGO hobby to a lifelong love of “Star Wars,” though he admits he was initially frustrated with some of LEGO’s early forays into the galaxy far, far away.

Building a brute-force robot out of LEGO bricks. To do this, the robot emulates a USB keyboard connected to the target iPhone and takes a photo of the screen after a PIN code is entered.

Certain PIN codes are blacklisted on iOS. For example, iOS recommends you don't use 0000 or 0011, but doesn't have a problem with 0001 or 1001. But what combination of numbers are blacklisted, and ...