iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new privacy controls, and more

Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by jensvdh on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:49PM (#26946405)

If you're detained or mugged you have other problems to worry about. They can also threaten you with a knife to get your pin code or put your fingerprints on the phone. If anything face ID requires your eyes to be open, they can knock you out and use your fingerprints more easily.

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Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by dharmab on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:37PM (#26947004)

Law enforcement in most developed countries won't resort to violence to get your credentials but are happy to point your phone at your face.

By the "they can just use violence" logic, no computer is secure and we should throw them all into the ocean. Security can improve the intermediate cases- focusing solely on the worst case is unproductive.

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Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by Fnoord on Monday April 26, 2021 @06:08PM (#26948894)

They can also enforce you to use your fingerprint or face (in The Netherlands) but not PIN or password (in The Netherlands), both with proper (minimal) force. In UK, there's a law to force a user to give away their password. Which, IMO, is the same as being enforced to help your own conviction.

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