If you close your eyes the face id won't work. I suppose the police could force you to open your eyes somehow but if they are going to do that they can force you to put your pin in too.

[–] Bread@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago (8 children)

I mean, they can't force you to give up something you know if really don't want to. Torture tends to be frowned upon in government.

[–] liv 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They can charge you for refusal and I'm pretty sure they have access to a bypass tool.

[–] Bread@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They can sure try, but at no point do you have to make it easy for them.

[–] Dave 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The law says you do have to make it easy for them, and that you can be sent to prison for up to 3 months if you don't.

[–] Bread@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Let me clarify, legally speaking you do, but I am not arguing that. Practically speaking, that device can become fort Knox with a properly configured phone. Use a custom android ROM like grapheneOS and not use any services that can/will give you access to the content on your phone and that phone is practically useless to them. Even with a warrant, you aren't beating today's privacy and security practices without a major security flaw. If a person doesn't want you to know what they have, they don't have to give you anything.

Will their be consequences? Probably, but that may or may not be worth it to you if you are a privacy activist who doesn't want to be incriminated on a legally but not moral basis. Or you could be a criminal with something you really want to hide. Doesn't really matter in the end.

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