HK police can now demand phone passwords under new national security rules
Hong Kong police can now demand phone or computer passwords from those who are suspected of breaching the wide-ranging National Security Law (NSL).
Those who refuse could face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to HK$100,000 ($12,700; £9,600), and individuals who provide "false or misleading information" could face up to three years in jail.
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I forgor
Then you get three years to try and remember.
My phone wipes itself after 5 wrong tries
They've imaged your phone and can reset it.
How do you image a phone with no working USB port? Are they going to manually connect to flash chips on the PCB for everyone?
How do you charge and use a phone with no working USB port?
I guess maybe wireless charging?
Data lines are cut in hardware, can only charge
Security feature in graphene
光復香港，時代革命。
撐粵語，反中共！✊
Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times.
Support Cantonese, Resist CCP!
HK police...
That's cute that anyone still uses that term all things considered.
Just when I start getting the inkling to go back there because of how much I love it, I’m reminded how far it’s crumbled and is now just another city in China.
practically have to have self destructing images, when specific passwords are used...
Duress passwords should absolutely be a thing.
Duress passwords are absolutely a thing, in GrapheneOS
And they are a thing
Yes. I mean they should be ubiquitous across all operating systems and platforms.
I agree, I technically have 'second space', but it can sort of work as a duress pin (and print) as it boots into a different instance of android