XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
   In message <0001HW.1C3CCACE0A27E8AF10CF373CF@news.giganews.com>   
     Savageduck  wrote:   
   > On Jan 5, 2016, F Murtz wrote   
   > (in article<568c8dc3$0$65279$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com>):   
      
   >> PAS wrote:   
   >> > "Jolly Roger"wrote in message   
   >> > news:devqebF4fotU3@mid.individual.net...   
   >> > > On 2016-01-04, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   >> > > > (PeteCresswell)wrote:   
   >> > > > > Per Lewis:   
   >> > > > > > > That if anyone finds his phone laying on a desk or table etc   
   they   
   >> > > > > > > can cause   
   >> > > > > > > it to self-destruct in just five touches.   
   >> > > > > >   
   >> > > > > > What the fuck are you talking about>   
   >> > > > >   
   >> > > > > I think he is referring to phone security systems that initiate data   
   >> > > > > deletion if/when somebody attempts to log on with the wrong PW.   
   >> > > >   
   >> > > > What does that have to do with a law that prevents cops from accessing   
   > a   
   >> > > > device without a court order?   
   >> > >   
   >> > > More to the point: Since the law prohibits cops from accessing devices   
   >> > > without a court order, the need for wiping the device after a certain   
   >> > > number of failed attempts is diminished rather than increased.   
   >> >   
   >> > It's not safe to assume that the cops will obey the law. For example,   
   >> > it's Constitutionally protected under the 1st Amendment to   
   >> > photograph/record the police in public. That hasn't stopped the police   
   >> > from arresting people for doing it at worst, harassing them for doing it   
   >> > at best.   
   >>   
   >> And if they do access your phone and find something then even without   
   >> being able to use it they then know you are suss and can concentrate on   
   >> finding legal evidence   
      
   > ...and that is only bad for you, if you are a criminal. Strangely enough   
   > there are a few of those out there.   
      
   Oh right, because the police and the prosecutors never set out a   
   multi-year systematic system of intentionally framing and convicting   
   people they *know* are innocent?   
      
   Oh wait, that happens *every* *fucking* *day*.   
      
      
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