this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2024
456 points (98.9% liked)

Privacy

4201 readers
32 users here now

A community for Lemmy users interested in privacy

Rules:

  1. Be civil
  2. No spam posting
  3. Keep posts on-topic
  4. No trolling

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

For people who don't want to do that: turn off your phone if there's the likelihood that your phone will be confiscated soon (crossing a state border or getting a perquisition). This will

  1. Disable biometrics
  2. Encrypt everything
[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

On Android, entering lockdown mode does the same thing. You can do it by pressing volume-up and power at the same time, then tapping Lockdown.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Not all phones work that way. Just tried it on mine btw

[–] Censored@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

And this only makes it more expensive and time consuming to unlock. So if you're small fry, they won't waste the resources. But if you are a "person of interest" don't be dumb, bring a burner phone.