Comment on Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops

Lemonparty@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• MadBigote@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Better yet: don’t use biometrics. My phone has face recognition for unlocking, but I better stick to a PIN/PASSWORD.

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  • Lemonparty@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or better yet just don’t use a phone at all! Can’t make you unlock what you don’t have!

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• Welt@lazysoci.al ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  *counsel you. I’m picturing a police officer comforting a suspect who’s sobbing with a hand on their shoulder haha.

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  • Lemonparty@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not counsel, compel actually. But either way, definitely not console! Ha

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• TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you have an iPhone, holding down either volume button and the side button will bring out the Medical ID, slide to power off, Emergency SOS screen. This will also disable FaceID. Password will be required to access the phone now.

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• LeTak@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just hold Side button and one of the volume buttons to deactivate biometrics

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• r0ertel@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Double check this in the state or country you’re in. I recall something from a few years ago where the police could force you to give a swipe pattern and maybe pin since these items are not covered in the same way that a password is.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Maybe in some countries but in a western one they aren’t getting a pattern or passcode unless you verbally give it to them. We do know though that there is some level of capability to crack phones though.

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    • r0ertel@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Indent to find an article to back up what I remember and in 2020, a woman was held in contempt of court and jailed for refusing to provide a passcode. The case was later overturned.

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      • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But they didn’t get the code. That’s the quest they can do, hold you in contempt of court. Which in the US is illegal under the 5th amendment.

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  • mako@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How can you be forced to input a pattern/PIN?

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    • Korbs@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My phone has a “Lockdown” option in the power menu. It usually makes it require the pin and fingerprint won’t be available until unlocked again.

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      • Petter1@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You can destroy it completely, no way they get to the key to encrypt your files like this ☝🏻🤓

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  • yamanii@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How is a pin not a passcode?

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