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Re:I recommend against using biometric identification by otp124 on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @02:48AM (#15236062)
I would bet the judge would consider that destruction of evidence.

Disclaimer: I never studied law

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Re:I recommend against using biometric identification by boobsbr on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @07:12AM (#15237168)
What if the authorities do not know what the self-erase command is? Like, inputting your password backwards, or adding 1 to every number.

What if it only erases a certain file or partition, so the phone still contains some personal data, but it's like TrueCrypts's plausible deniability?

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