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The article puts the important part at the bottom. > There are some minor protections built into Apple and Google’s current systems — you can display an encryp
by alphabettsy 2y ago
The article puts the important part at the bottom.
> There are some minor protections built into Apple and Google’s current systems — you can display an encrypted ID without fully unlocking your phone, and various authorities can scan your ID wirelessly if they have special readers.
Don’t hand over your unlocked phone.
- wenc 2y agoYep. The unlocked part seems to be missing from the headline. You don't have to unlock your phone to show something on your wallet. This is entirely how airline boarding passes and Starbucks coffee cards work.
- atoav 2y agoAlso: if your face or your fingers unlock your phone the police can force you to unlock your phone and your legal protections against that may be weaker: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/cops-can-force-suspect-to-unlock-phone-with-thumbprint-us-court-rules/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/cops-can-force-s... Regardless of legal protections it is easier to force your face in front of a phone than force tou to remember a thing.
- alphabettsy 2y agoFortunately, though it may not be well known, on iPhone you can press the power and volume up simultaneously to disable Touch ID or Face ID until the passcode or password are entered.