Handy info to iPhone users:

[beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org]

@randahl I don’t use any biometrics but this is good advice for those who do.

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@randahl

Please boost this to your iPhone-using friends and accounts.

#ice #iphone #security #phoneLocks #nokings #dems

[machias@mstdn.social]

@randahl honestly, if someone demanded my phone, not only would I do this, I’d also forcefully drop it on the floor.

No one asks for wallets or purses, why on earth would I even chance someone having access to my entire life via my phone.

The hell with that.

[lightfighter@infosec.exchange]

@randahl On current Android phones a long press on the power button gives the option for "Lock down" mode. This turns off biometrics.

[menyku@mastodon.social]

@randahl Or simply not use the face/thumbprint garbage in the first place.

[nead@social.vivaldi.net]

@randahl If you use bio-metrics, you've already handed over the keys to someone out there - in the form of a finger print, your facial features, or your eye's (iris) blueprint. This is a false sense of security. People protect their Social Security Number with more vigor than a scanned finger print!

[n_dimension@infosec.exchange]

@randahl

In #Australia it's a criminal offences not to unlock your device.
Punishable by up to ten years in jail.

But then we are a criminal colony....still

[jackmexa4@mastodon.social]

@randahl

A migrant in a tt I watch told about a device that agents plug into a phone and then have full access and may create a complete copy of all the information.

Idk if agents have such a device.

[shadsterling@mastodon.social]

@randahl iOS settings also allow disabling biometric device unlock while still allowing biometric id for other actions like app logins

[samsenbdri@mastodon.social]

@randahl
In the US, I'd say: You're not getting my phone. There's no search warrant or demonstrable imminent danger. Otherwise, it'll be expensive, gentlemen, very expensive. Smartphones enjoy special protection in USA.

In Germany, all I get afterwards is a "Sorry!"

[osma@mas.to]

This is more inconsistent and erratic on Androids, but usually volume-down and power, held down for a couple of seconds, does activate a screen where "Lockdown mode" can be turned on. If you don't hold them down, the same keypress may instead take a screenshot.

Exit lockdown with your passcode. Biometrics and voice activation are disabled, background apps stopped and notifications hidden while in lockdown.
@randahl

[zuilenv@mastodon.nl]

@randahl better: do not use face ID….

[osma@mas.to]

Many models have replaced that very useful action by instead activating Gemini or other "assistant" app instead. Irritating but true. Volume-down and power instead, but hold them down.
@Lightfighter @randahl

[osma@mas.to]

Foreign individuals at US border entry enjoy no such protections. Your phone may be confiscated and biometric unlock forcefully bypassed. However no one can make you remember your passcode correctly.
@SamsenBdRi @randahl

[randahl@mastodon.social]

@n_dimension only if the police has a warrant. An Australian police officer cannot just walk up to any random person and ask to see the contents of their phone.

[randahl@mastodon.social]

@ZuilenV what do you think is a better alternative?

I do not like using an access code, because if I am in a public space, a thief could see me entering the access cod, then steal my phone and use the code to access it.

If I use face id, a thief can run off with my phone, but he cannot access my data.

[zuilenv@mastodon.nl]

@randahl fingerprint access an option, I think, but nor your thumb

[n_dimension@infosec.exchange]

@randahl

Sorry, I meant at border crossings.

[randahl@mastodon.social]

@n_dimension wow. So if I come as a tourist Australia requires access to my phone?

[n_dimension@infosec.exchange]

@randahl

Its actually more nuanced (I looked it up) still not good news.

https://www.caldicottlawyers.com.au/border-force-customs-phone-search