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hnraysttoday at 2:49 PM7 repliesview on HN

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boston_clonetoday at 2:59 PM

Both of your comments here, posted just one minute apart yet with completely different content, reek of LLM output.

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skeptic_aitoday at 3:25 PM

Still go to prison for not showing. So until devices have multiple pins for plausible deniability we are still screwed.

What’s so hard to make 2-3 pins and each to access different logged in apps and files.

If Apple/android was serious about it would implement it, but from my research seems to be someone that it’s against it, as it’s too good.

I don’t want to remove my Banking apps when I go travel or in “dangerous” places. If you re kidnapped you will be forced to send out all your money.

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pc86today at 2:58 PM

Serious question: What are the "valid concerns" about people securing their computing devices against third parties?

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ExoticPearTreetoday at 4:20 PM

> It's a real world example of how these security features aren't just for "paranoid people" but serve a legit purpose for people who handle sensitive info.

Because they're in the US things might be easier from a legal standpoint for the journalist, but they also have precedent on forcing journalist to expose their sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branzburg_v._Hayes

In other parts of the world this applies https://xkcd.com/538/ when you don't provide the means to access your phone to the authorities.

It just depends on how much a government wants the data that is stored there.

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Joel_Mckaytoday at 3:03 PM

Indeed, likely as secure as the VPNs run by intelligence contractors.

1. iOS has well-known poorly documented zero-click exploits

2. Firms are required to retain your activity logs for 3 months

3. It is illegal for a firm to deny or disclose sealed warrants on US soil, and it is up to 1 judge whether to rummage through your trash. If I recall it was around 8 out of 18000 searches were rejected.

It is only about $23 to MITM someones phone now, and it is not always domestic agencies pulling that off. =3

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sigmoid10today at 3:09 PM

With the US descending more and more into fascism (as this case highlights yet again), I wonder what will happen to these features in the future. Especially now that the tech moguls of silicon valley stopped standing up to Trump and instead started kissing his ass. Tim Cook in particular seems to be the kind of person that rather is on the rich side of history than the right side. What if the administration realizes they can easily make Apple et al. give up their users by threatening their profits with tariffs and taxes?

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learingscitoday at 3:31 PM

Apple seems to strongly discourage the use of lockdown mode. Presumably it is in conflict with their concern over share price and quarterly earnings.

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