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Re:Deniability and Duress by StavrosK on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @07:46AM (#13530034)
Exactly this. If they can force you to give them a fingerprint, but not a password, just reset the phone. You haven't destroyed anything, the data is still there, it's just inaccessible without the password.
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Re:Deniability and Duress by mysticmarvel on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @09:45AM (#13530916)
One possible threat here could be access being gained another way (court-order to provide text key), then with the device unlock key known being required to try each finger in sequence to identify if you provided a genuine try to unlock the device. Could be seen as obstruction (IANAL).
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