Doug Holland@lemmy.worldM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago7th Circuit Appeals Court says it's OK for feds to demand your password and search your phone, so long as you're within 100 miles of the border or an airport (which is most of America)www.techdirt.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down11
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-link7th Circuit Appeals Court says it's OK for feds to demand your password and search your phone, so long as you're within 100 miles of the border or an airport (which is most of America)www.techdirt.comDoug Holland@lemmy.worldM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoI’ve heard people say things like this but is that actually possible? To create a pin that wipes a phone?
minus-squareєχтяαναgαηтєηzумє@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoGrapheneOS has a duress pin feature, which will wipe the device when entered. This being the case, I’d bet there’s also a method to setting this up on a normal android device too.
minus-squareMakhno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoYou can set up your phone to reset itself if the incorrect pin is entered enough times
I’ve heard people say things like this but is that actually possible? To create a pin that wipes a phone?
GrapheneOS has a duress pin feature, which will wipe the device when entered. This being the case, I’d bet there’s also a method to setting this up on a normal android device too.
Needs root access though
You can set up your phone to reset itself if the incorrect pin is entered enough times