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Re:Face ID, Touch ID, No ID, PINs and Pragmatic Security by danjoc on Thursday September 14, 2017 @04:38PM (#15252306)
> Customs can do that anyway if you have a password.

Allow me to repeat myself,

If you can't lock yourself out, it's not secure.

For example, some banks have time locks. Nobody gets into the vault, unless it is in a certain window of time.

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Re:Face ID, Touch ID, No ID, PINs and Pragmatic Security by coldtea on Thursday September 14, 2017 @05:34PM (#15252700)
>If you can't lock yourself out, it's not secure.

It's not secure if you can lock yourself out either.

A court could hold you in contempt for failing to unlock or intently locking.

And a state actor or even mugger could just hurt you or even kill you, in frustration if you don't open it for them.

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