Belkasoft vs. checkra1n

The new checkm8-based acquisition feature in Belkasoft Evidence Center sometimes gets confused with other products' features that rely on checkra1n jailbreak to acquire full file system. We have received many questions about what is the difference between checkm8 and checkra1n and why Belkasoft's acquisition method based on checkm8 exploit is unique.

We have prepared a comparison that shows all major differences and benefits of our method.

Belkasoft Evidence Center with checkm8
Belkasoft Evidence Center with checkm8	checkra1n
Everything is automatic	Done by user
No need to do jailbreak	Device has to be jailbroken (risk to brick a phone)
No traces left	Traces are left forever
Works on Windows	Works only on Linux/Mac
Full file system is extracted and analyzed	Full file system access

More information

Belkasoft Evidence Center home page for checkm8 feature

Brett Shavers' review of Belkasoft support for checkm8

Webinar on iPhones acquisition with checkm8

Webinar on locked iPhones acquisition

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