Privacy

4777 readers

2 users here now

A community for Lemmy users interested in privacy

Rules:

Be civil
No spam posting
Keep posts on-topic
No trolling

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

iopq

457

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

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Boozilla to c/privacy

226 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] setsneedtofeed 9 points 7 months ago (5 children)

This is about biometrics, not passcodes.

[–] hswolf 5 points 7 months ago (4 children)

restart de phone, most of them will require the passcode at least once before enabling biometrics

[–] setsneedtofeed 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That requires the freedom to do so. If it is a situation where the police interaction starts suddenly, there are many scenarios where this advice is not useful.

[–] hswolf 2 points 7 months ago

You're correct, it's but an option. If you have the means to do so I'd go for It.

load more comments (2 replies)