One, it'll get smashed anyway. Two, if you manage to get away, they'll work with your provider or location based apps to prove you were there and arrest you. Or, force you to unlock it so they can arrest your contacts. Filming them barely helps, there's so many videos of cops beating the shit out of people with no justification, who have been identified and never faced any repercussions

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Further, cops have learned to just play copyrighted music (say the Frozen soundtrack) when they see they are being recorded, that way if people upload it to the internet, they can rest easy that Disney will hit that video with a copyright strike and the video will be taken down before anyone can see it.

Thankfully for protestors, audio editing exists, and certain AI tools have become very good at stripping certain audio from videos while keeping relevant audio. Leave it to cops to choose a "brute force" solution every time when finesse is all you really need to bypass their brute force.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

cops have learned to just play copyrighted music (say the Frozen soundtrack)

I hope they've secured the proper licenses for a public performance of that music.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Funny, that was always my plan if I ever got hounded by paparazzi or journalists outside my house. Ear pro for me, a speaker blasting tunes, and a bullhorn loud enough to cause physical pain for entry/exit.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You. Cannot. Be. Forced. To. Unlock. A. Phone. With. A. Password.

(In the United States)

If you are caught with your phone in a bad situation, fight to manage to get it to shut down. Android will be stuck in a locked out state where biometrics are disabled. Im sure iphones can do something like that but rethink bringing your stupid iphone to a protest. Ask for a lawyer. Do not talk, do not answer questions, do not say anything else.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You don't even need to shut it down, newer Android phones (at least on LineageOS) have lockdown mode in the power menu.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Also on iPhone, you can just hold down buttons to trigger power down menu which also disables Touch/Face ID.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Thank you, I didn't think of that!