Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone

Re:Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone by kkfx on Saturday April 27, 2024 @05:44PM (#40183847)

I smile when I read info like that because you imaging to get privacy from a state actors using a device you do not really own.

Anything on a smartphone is in the hand of their vendor, if a local cop can't access stuff but have the right to, your data will go to the police, if there is no right to but some State actors do want they'll get your data as well.

Things on such devices are in the GAFAM et al hands, there is no protection.

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Re:Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone by mingus88 on Saturday April 27, 2024 @07:32PM (#40184585)

You are right, the only way to win is not to play. Leave your cell phone at home.

But that’s not practical for most people and anybody can get talked to by authorities for any reason at all. When that time comes, folk need to know how to reduce their attack surface for anyone looking for a reason to make an arrest

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