The laws surrounding 5th Amendment protections and biometric passwords are still undecided, so just turn it off.

Are there any legal experts that want to weigh in on this.

Can the police in New Zealand force unlock your device with your biometrics?

How does this work with NZ law?

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    13•7 months ago

    Thanks for the info, I doubt I’ll need it, but it is always good to know.

    Just a note, on a Samsung, go to settings and search for “lockdown” to enable the option, then hold the power button and the option is visible.

      • @[email protected]
        6•7 months ago

        Same on mine. The problem is I’m so dumb and absent minded I’d immediately unlock the phone again to browse Lemmy

          • @[email protected]
            1•7 months ago

            If you get arrested in NZ they can search your phone and impeding them is impeding a search. As far as I know the courts haven’t intepreted the right to not self incriminate as extending to passwords, so the difference in the article is immaterial.