this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2024
388 points (83.4% liked)

Technology

60133 readers
3022 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s
[email protected]
[email protected]
L4s
enu
388
Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone (gizmodo.com)
submitted 8 months ago by return2ozma to c/technology
247 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

In a getting pulled over situation, this works. But do it before you go protest anything. Or better yet, leave your phone at home. You don’t want to be reaching for something while a cop is pointing a gun at you and saying “Hands up!”

[–] devfuuu 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention it's pretty regular to track who is participating by checking the towers in the zone all the people are participating.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Or get a geofence warrant

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

☞ EFF / Surveillance Self-Defense / Attending a Protest

[–] NightAuthor 2 points 8 months ago

Didn’t know EFF had this, neat