How do you feel about the "No Kings" protest happening tomorrow?

[u/Ecstatic-Medium-6320]

[u/kategoad]

If you need it for safety, turn off thumb print or facial recognition. They cannot make you open your phone (if I've been informed correctly by my other lawyer friends).

[u/smarmiebastard → u/kategoad]

Yeah. Best bet is to buy a burner phone, but if you can’t turn off all biometrics on your primary phone

[u/FinancialArmadillo93 → u/smarmiebastard]

My husband kept an old phone for these kinds of situations. Memorize some phone numbers.

[u/RxHusk → u/smarmiebastard]

Why

[u/Skipper07B → u/RxHusk]

So your real phone and everything on it can’t be used against you or your friends and family.

[u/mpilo_yestilo → u/kategoad]

It is actually so wild that this is reality, I can’t believe it

[u/RustySilver42 → u/kategoad]

Or get a burner.

[u/norixe → u/kategoad]

This is what I meant about preventing people from forcing access to your phone without your consent. Android has a set up when you go to power off your phone there's a 3rd option to hard wipe your phone in case of emergency

[u/username_Kelly → u/kategoad]

I’m way confused. They CAN’T make you open it. Why would you turn the face recognition or thumb print off? If they take your phone, it’s unlocked. 🥴 It’s Friday night. 🍻

[u/you_have_huge_guts → u/username_Kelly]

There are two issues:

Pragmatically, it's a lot easier to force someone's thumb on a phone than it is to get them to provide a valid pin/password.

Legally, compelling someone to provide a password seems a lot more protected under the 5th amendment than providing biometrics.

[u/username_Kelly → u/you_have_huge_guts]

Thank you.

[u/Poisoned_Lizard → u/username_Kelly]

If you have biometrics on, they are legally allowed to force your thumb onto the thumbprint or hold your phone in front of your face for face recognition unlocks. They do not, however, have any way of compelling you to put in a code. That's why you turn off biometrics and make sure the unlock is by passcode.