• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    IIRC one of the mobile operating systems has a duress pin that instead of deleting all your shit, it just opens up basically a different user profile. So you can throw a few random apps and photos etc until it looks convincing, and just have that on standby. Put in your normal pin and you get the profile you actually use.

    Cop demands to see your phone, and it’s just a “sure - it’s 4022” and they get to scroll through some uninteresting bs.

    Go home and put the real pin in and it’s back to normal - nothing’s deleted.

    It’s kinda like carrying a throw-wallet with a few bucks and expired credit cards… get mugged, hand em that, and be on your way with your real wallet in another pocket.