▲ 541 ▼ US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) submitted 2 days ago by USSEthernet@startrek.website to c/news@lemmy.world 166 comments fedilink hide all child comments Ain't that some BS
[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 62 points 2 days ago (3 children) a duress password? What a neat idea. I wonder if i can set that up on my iphone. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip 39 points 2 days ago There isnt, for iphone But you can set it up to wipe the phone after 10 attempts permalink fedilink source parent [–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 27 points 2 days ago (2 children) I believe it's only currently possible on Android. There's Graphene's built-in solution which uses a pin or password, and then there's other android apps that can trigger the wipe if you get a text message with the code. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (1 child) Reason n+1 to switch to GrapheneOS permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sculptor0725@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago OEM unlocked pixels are getting rare and expensive because of this. We need another solution. We need postmarketos to be brought up to usable permalink fedilink source parent [–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago Some Android devices have a dedicated hardware wipe physical button, too, like the upcoming Click Communicator, iirc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago Probably. The “Shortcuts” scripting language is actually quite functional if not well documented. Probably a good project for vibe coding. Definitely download the “Pulled over by the cops” one. It sends a text with your location to someone, turns off your screen, and starts recording video. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip 39 points 2 days ago There isnt, for iphone But you can set it up to wipe the phone after 10 attempts permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 27 points 2 days ago (2 children) I believe it's only currently possible on Android. There's Graphene's built-in solution which uses a pin or password, and then there's other android apps that can trigger the wipe if you get a text message with the code. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (1 child) Reason n+1 to switch to GrapheneOS permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sculptor0725@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago OEM unlocked pixels are getting rare and expensive because of this. We need another solution. We need postmarketos to be brought up to usable permalink fedilink source parent [–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago Some Android devices have a dedicated hardware wipe physical button, too, like the upcoming Click Communicator, iirc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (1 child) Reason n+1 to switch to GrapheneOS permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sculptor0725@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago OEM unlocked pixels are getting rare and expensive because of this. We need another solution. We need postmarketos to be brought up to usable permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sculptor0725@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago OEM unlocked pixels are getting rare and expensive because of this. We need another solution. We need postmarketos to be brought up to usable permalink fedilink source parent
[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago Some Android devices have a dedicated hardware wipe physical button, too, like the upcoming Click Communicator, iirc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago Probably. The “Shortcuts” scripting language is actually quite functional if not well documented. Probably a good project for vibe coding. Definitely download the “Pulled over by the cops” one. It sends a text with your location to someone, turns off your screen, and starts recording video. permalink fedilink source parent