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I'd call that more of an effectiveness thing than overkill. And it would be possible for an app to not unlock the phone until it enters a certain geofence, like
by tghw 13y ago
I'd call that more of an effectiveness thing than overkill. And it would be possible for an app to not unlock the phone until it enters a certain geofence, like the hotel.
- Spearchucker 13y agoThat wouldn't work in the UK, where not providing plain text when asked carries a prison sentence.
- tghw 13y agoThe app wouldn't accept a password, just a time and location to unlock. I'm not sure if that's better, but it technically sidesteps that issue.
- Spearchucker 13y agoI said plain text, not password. And it doesn't side-step anything because when you're in front of a judge and explain why you cannot provide plain text, they'll take your phone from you, get it to the location you tell them, and if none of that yields plain text, you go to jail. Two years, they give you for that.
- jrockway 13y agoWho has gotten two years for that and lost the appeals?
- Spearchucker 13y agohttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/06/jail_password_ripa/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/06/jail_password_ripa/
- semanticist 13y agoThat only applies if there's a court order to reveal the data, not at random border checks.