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They can only image your device if they can connect to it. I don't know what Android is like in this regard, but an iPhone won't open up the USB interface to a
by neilalexander 7y ago
They can only image your device if they can connect to it. I don't know what Android is like in this regard, but an iPhone won't open up the USB interface to a foreign device until it has been unlocked and the device has been trusted by entering the passcode, which keeps some power in your hands.
If they just take the device off you, your power is taken away in a different way, but it's still taken away from you.
- cmurf 7y agoI'm not an expert. From what I can tell on my phone, USB interface isn't available unless developer options are first enabled, and then USB debugging is enabled, and the phone is unlocked, and then once an initiate USB connection is made the user needs to acknowledge the host USB trying to make a connection which requires the phone is unlocked to see and acknowledge the request. So, offhand I'm not sure to what additional degree a user is at risk if they have developer options and USB debugging enabled, if they're also unwilling to hand over their unlock code. Obviously if neither debugging nor developer options are enabled, they can be trivially enabled once the unlock code is entered.