Police told to avoid looking at recent iPhones to avoid lockouts

by tekacs on 10/14/2018, 6:14 AM with 68 comments
  • by techsupporter on 10/14/2018, 8:20 AM

    Discussion on a similar article here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18208954 (65 comments)

  • by nnd on 10/14/2018, 12:59 PM

    A quick reminder: on iPhone X you can hold power button + one of the volume up/down buttons for 2 seconds to temporarily disable Face ID.

  • by Chazprime on 10/14/2018, 10:49 AM

    Probably best not to disable the “Require Attention” option for facial recognition - then if your eyes are closed or not focused on the phone, it won’t unlock.

  • by netgusto on 10/14/2018, 8:23 AM

    Maybe a stupid question, but how comes they cannot just obstruct the front sensors for faceid to fail?

  • by jimworm on 10/14/2018, 8:16 AM

    A PSA on biometric security's weakness against coercion - including law enforcement, but likely more often abusive spouses or employers.

  • by on 10/14/2018, 9:34 AM

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  • by sbr464 on 10/14/2018, 11:02 AM
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  • by ysr23 on 10/14/2018, 11:38 AM

    [european here] I can't read this article as there is no way to opt-out of the tracking - isn't this in breach of GDPR?

  • by andraganescu on 10/14/2018, 2:29 PM

    Oath's gdpr wizard îs torture. I hope they will pay their share of fines for it, just to compensate for the time wasted ...

  • by jhabdas on 10/14/2018, 12:53 PM

    Though the iPhone X series uses a special chip to store the face I never read it doesn't site the face of others. None of this really matters though as any "authority" looking at your phone has the power to force you to unlock it against your will.

    New Zealand, for example, recently instituted a $5000 maximum fine for individuals at airports who are unwilling to unlock their phones even asked by "officials".

    Both the US and NZ, along with several other countries, are part of the same surveilance ring. So if you think not looking at your phone matters in the slightest it doesn't. Not at all.

  • by dbuder on 10/14/2018, 3:43 PM

    If you're not a US citizen you do not get the 5th amendment protection and will be coerced into providing your passcode.

  • by goldenkey on 10/14/2018, 7:20 AM

    Thats just comically funny. "Hey cellmate, I need you to punch my face in." "You sure dude?" "Yeah, they are gonna make me unlock my phone today...gotta make it fail!"

  • by quickthrower2 on 10/14/2018, 9:26 AM

    That is a good reason not to use face recognition.

  • by smaili on 10/14/2018, 2:32 PM

    Very strange. I submitted this story about a half day ago and was marked as a dupe.

  • by kgwxd on 10/14/2018, 3:35 PM

    Face id and finger print id, unless used in addition to, not instead of, a passcode, are convenience features, not security features. Removing the "something you know" part of digital security makes anything else just shy of useless. Apple should remove the options or start using honest terminology in the configuration steps if they actually care about security.