alt Hacker NewsI still don’t get why there’s no way to set up a second pin that unlocks the phone but hides sensitive apps and data.
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advisedwang • last Thursday at 7:03 PM
This is great, so long as you don't get caught.
But if you get caught, the consequences could be disastrous. For the person whose phone it is, you could get a lifetime ban from the US or charged with a felony. For the developer of a such a feature, the feds are very likely to come after them too (I think there's a strong 1st amendment case, but I wouldn't like to have to fight it in court!)
They don't want to implement something that's only effective against low-level attackers because it would give their users a false sense of security and wouldn't be robust for situations involving any mid-level or advanced attacker. It would also be quickly documented so low-level attackers would be able to find out about it easily once it became common knowledge.
There's a lot of discussion about it you can search "deniability" on their GitHub issue tracker or socials.