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Re:Insider Attack Resistance by xur17 on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:05PM (#17202056)
I've noticed that my Pixel asks me for my PIN for "additional security" every few days. Apparently it asks you for your PIN if you try to unlock your device without having entered your PIN for 3 days [0]. I never realized this was the reason, but it seems like a fairly decent deterrent to law enforcement - I wonder if there's a way to reduce this frequency to a day or so.

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/3us0f6/pin_require...

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Re:Insider Attack Resistance by closeparen on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:27PM (#17202141)
A competent law enforcement agency attaches a digital forensics device all the phone’s content as soon as they get their hands on it. They’re probably not going to wait three days.
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Re:Insider Attack Resistance by xur17 on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:43PM (#17202202)
But that requires them to unlock the device. Using your fingerprint to unlock it likely requires a court order, which takes some time.
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