Police told to avoid looking at recent iPhones to avoid lockouts
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Edit: for clarification - this will not lock your phone by itself. If your phone is locked (so on your lockscreen with the lock icon still there) it will trigger a lockout and won’t allow biometric authentication until your PIN has been entered.
Neither do “lock my phone,” “disable Face ID,” or “require passcode.”
Edit: I was wrong - it does work for me when the phone is locked.
1. Lock screen in locked state
2. Siri request
3. FaceID settings
4. iOS version/model
I'm not trying to prove you wrong, I really want to see this work and I am trying to figure out what might be different on our phones.
Thanks for the tip!
Not sure how this works with an employer though.
Or police could use the mugshot process to get a video?
Rather, step one is to prevent the toxic SO from gaining more power over you. (Step two is to reduce their power.) Technology that automatically prevents them from snooping on your digital life is a great way to do this.
(And yes, it is best if the tech is a given. If a toxic partner notices that you are taking actions to keep them at bay, that can be dangerous too. E.g. this is why Facebook broadcasting idle time to everyone in your network is terrible for those with stalkers. The implementors of that feature should be ashamed.)
Welcome to the smooth, no-tracking surfing experience of circa 2003.
I guess that sooner or later they'll be forced into compliance.
Forced by whom?
Seems like the law exists but there's nobody to enforce it.
New Zealand, for example, recently instituted a $5000 maximum fine for individuals at airports who are unwilling to unlock their phones even asked by "officials".
Both the US and NZ, along with several other countries, are part of the same surveilance ring. So if you think not looking at your phone matters in the slightest it doesn't. Not at all.
It is the phone you're traveling with. The point is supposed to be about bringing illegal stuff into the country. A blank phone contains none. If they want to explain that they need fed juicy private stuff for admission, well, I'd love to hear all the details about that.
A completely blank phone suggests you're naively hiding something: like carrying an empty box with an obvious fake bottom. Enticing stuff for a TLA agent I imagine.
I'd see that more as "proudly refusing to play along", but interpretations of course will differ. I'm willing to add little fuck-yous in the notes and pics, if that helps interpretation.
Push back, people. Meekly bending over because you don't want to be inconvenienced is quite literally asking for more.
If it comes to the point where they're wanting to look at your devices, their response to stock devices with no data will be to confiscate your device, detain you, and/or turn you away from crossing the border.
Additionally TouchID is disabled after several hours of the device being unlocked. I presume FaceID is no different. So if you refuse to comply and they have to get a court order then the time limit may be reached.
You can even have the device wipe itself after 10 failed attempts to unlock it.
Nope, just the ones you see caught.
You could change the password on a regular basis as mitigation against prying eyes.