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Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules (arstechnica.com)

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Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules::Phone-unlocking case law is "total mess," may be ripe for Supreme Court review.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 41 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Shut down your phones so they can't uze biometrics on you

[–] trash@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago (16 children)

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

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

How many digits is the pin? Can you try all codes?

[–] trash@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I personally use 10 digits.

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