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Re:Forcing suspects to reveal phone passwords is unconstitut... by cbhl on Friday September 25, 2015 @12:16PM (#10278989)
How likely are you to actually remember the code when you're under duress, though?
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Re:Forcing suspects to reveal phone passwords is unconstitut... by ChristianBundy on Friday September 25, 2015 @12:54PM (#10279260)
More than 0%, which makes it more useful than not.
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Re:Forcing suspects to reveal phone passwords is unconstitut... by tsotha on Friday September 25, 2015 @04:31PM (#10280504)
You could make it an easy one. Say your normal code is 5829. The panic code should be something like 1111. You'll never key it in accidentally, and people have codes like that, so it won't tip off an assailant.
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Re:Forcing suspects to reveal phone passwords is unconstitut... by rhizome on Friday September 25, 2015 @10:08PM (#10281814)
the thing is, it's not the worst thing in the world if a bad person guesses it.
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