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[USA] Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone (reason.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

For people who don't want to do that: turn off your phone if there's the likelihood that your phone will be confiscated soon (crossing a state border or getting a perquisition). This will

Disable biometrics
Encrypt everything

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

On Android, entering lockdown mode does the same thing. You can do it by pressing volume-up and power at the same time, then tapping Lockdown.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Not all phones work that way. Just tried it on mine btw

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

And this only makes it more expensive and time consuming to unlock. So if you're small fry, they won't waste the resources. But if you are a "person of interest" don't be dumb, bring a burner phone.