iOS 11 has a feature to temporarily disable Touch ID

Re:iOS 11 has a feature to temporarily disable Touch ID by gruez on Thursday August 17, 2017 @12:07PM (#15038008)

>Which would be a really cool option: a cop or TSA tries to unlock your phone but gets instead a sandboxed environment which makes them think they actually unlocked the phone.

after a few months of that being popular, TSA will institute a policy where the agent will ask a standard question of "are you using a decoy account or otherwise trying to hide the true contents of your phone" every time they inspect a phone. answer yes, they ask for the real account, answer no, and you committed a felony by lying.

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Re:iOS 11 has a feature to temporarily disable Touch ID by throwaway287391 on Thursday August 17, 2017 @01:09PM (#15038635)

Is it true that lying to a cop or TSA officer, presumably when not under oath, is a felony?

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Re:iOS 11 has a feature to temporarily disable Touch ID by w4 on Thursday August 17, 2017 @01:25PM (#15038827)

Yes (so long as it's a Federal, and not State, official): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_false_statements

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Re:iOS 11 has a feature to temporarily disable Touch ID by nsxwolf on Thursday August 17, 2017 @12:50PM (#15038428)

What is the definition of "true contents"? The sandboxed environment is a real environment. Its contents are true. Not sure you can easily construct a question that makes you guilty of perjury.

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Re:iOS 11 has a feature to temporarily disable Touch ID by ceejayoz on Thursday August 17, 2017 @12:57PM (#15038515)

I wouldn't trust my freedom on judges accepting that argument.

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Re:iOS 11 has a feature to temporarily disable Touch ID by TheSoftwareGuy on Thursday August 17, 2017 @12:34PM (#15038255)

But if you refuse to answer, that's a 5th amendment right

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Re:iOS 11 has a feature to temporarily disable Touch ID by QuotedForTruth on Thursday August 17, 2017 @12:39PM (#15038313)

Your 5th amendment right not to incriminate yourself of course. But that doesn't mean the TSA have to let you fly. They would just turn you away for not cooperating. Just like they would turn you away if you said they couldn't search your bag because of your 4th amendment right to not be searched without probable cause.

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Re:iOS 11 has a feature to temporarily disable Touch ID by thesehands on Thursday August 17, 2017 @12:57PM (#15038513)

as a European, I don't think we get that protection. In this instance its the first plane home

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