Comment on Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules

pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• trash@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Android also has a Lockdown mode that will disable biometrics until you unlock with the pin.

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  • SulaymanF@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As does iOS for over a decade now.

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    • soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why are you being downvoted?

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      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        On lemmy, Apple Bad™

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  • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How many digits is the pin? How many tryst?

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    • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Pins are pretty damn secure because after too many wrong guesses the phone will start making you wait a long time between attempts.

      OTOH, as a point of reference, Microsoft requires an 8-digit pin on phones that can access comment resources. It was 6 until very recently, though, so that’s probably fine if you’re not a target of corporate espionage.

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      • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What makes it secure is the master key in a TPM which is considerably longer than four digits and can only be accessed by for digits in under twenty attempts.

        Hypothetically.

        Some TPMs are allegedly backdoored by their manufacturers (e.g. Microsoft), and regardless of the original intent of these backdoors they’re now accessible through cracking software to which some law enforcement departments have access.

        Then, if a government department really, really wants to get into a phone, the TPM can be cracked with a tunneling electron microscope, but this process is still slow, expensive and requires an expert.

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    • brunofin@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It depends, you can pick it. It can range from a simple 4 digit numeric PIN to a full blown alphanumeric with symbols password text field.

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    • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Default is between 4-8 (your choice) and you can set a password too

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    • trash@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I personally use 10 digits.

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    First you’d need to activate it.

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