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Use the wrong finger. Try it quickly 5 times and it locks, forcing the passcode. If they hold the correct finger down, twist the tip of the finger and try to ro
by valuearb 9y ago
Use the wrong finger. Try it quickly 5 times and it locks, forcing the passcode. If they hold the correct finger down, twist the tip of the finger and try to roll it.
Even better, train a non obvious finger for your passcode. After the last application of your thumb/index finger fails and forces the passcode, turn to them, shrug your shoulders and say I don't know why it didn't work.
- bitwize 9y agoI don't know if "obstruction of justice" is a thing in Norway but it wouldn't surprise me if shit like this were prosecutable.
- dpark 9y agoDespite the downvotes, your concern is legitimate. Refusal to comply with a legal order is typically a crime of its own. I'm sure someone will say that they'd just lie about which finger they set up. And sure, you can do that. But if you do it in sworn testimony, it's perjury.
- greglindahl 9y agoIn the US, you can get into a ton of trouble lying to the police even if it's not sworn testimony.
- likelynew 9y agoBut it's not lying here. It's intentional hiding of facts. Not saying it won't get anyone in trouble.
- ball_of_lint 9y agoJust never say "I agree to unlock my phone" or "I use <finger> to unlock my phone.
- valuearb 9y agoIt's definitely a gray area. But there is a huge difference between a court order requiring you to comply with unlocking your phone and a cop demanding to access your phone at a traffic stop. Zion the latter case, did you comply or not? Did you use the wrong finger or not? Did you intentionally resist or did the sensor fail to work properly/efficiently? Those are extremely difficult things to prove layer in court.
- giancarlostoro 9y agoNorway infamously has some of the nicest of prisons though. I heard a story where the prison guards forgot to lock the jail sells in a prison and the inmates got out and made sandwiches for the night guards.
- rebuilder 9y agoOr just don't use the biometric unlock features. I don't have anything on my phone I need to hide from the police, but turning on fingerprint login was a complete "nope" to me, because obviously I can be forced to put my finger on the sensor. Not to mention the general spoofability of fingerprint readers. Refusing to make civil rights abuse easier seems like a civic responsibility to me, so biometric security is not something I'm going to use. Bad incentives.
- jopsen 9y agoEven better use your nose to unlock your phone, they'll never see it coming :)
- jopsen 9y agoNevermind, it doesn't work with a nose... But toes works just fine :)