sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoU.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Riskwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1239cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1239external-linkU.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Riskwww.nytimes.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square47fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 hours agoYou know, since we are entering into a lot of legal weirdness here, how about this: You give the cops TWO passwords. You tell them one is the duress password, and the other is the password that will unlock the phone. Desperate and without a warrant, they try one. Wrong try! Phone is wiped. In reality, both are duress passwords (I know GoS only supports one currently) but they would have to prove that. Yes, it’s ridiculous, but everything about this is ridiculous.
You know, since we are entering into a lot of legal weirdness here, how about this:
You give the cops TWO passwords. You tell them one is the duress password, and the other is the password that will unlock the phone.
Desperate and without a warrant, they try one. Wrong try! Phone is wiped.
In reality, both are duress passwords (I know GoS only supports one currently) but they would have to prove that.
Yes, it’s ridiculous, but everything about this is ridiculous.