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When you learn the lengths that Government & Law Enforcement will go to in order to get you to unlock your phone, you will partly understand why they are so attracted to “digital driver’s licences”

2025-02-09 22:38:10+00:00

If they can practically guarantee an obligation for you to unlock your phone in front of a police officer at a traffic stop, that would be a big win for them.

Dear citizen journalists:



Do not use biometrics on your iphone. pic.twitter.com/6sG36fRfU8 — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) February 9, 2025

Make sure you learn and practise the available countermeasures, like however your phone (Android or iPhone) provides you a way to enter lockdown mode.

Also works against muggers.
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