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?

  • liv@lemmy.nz
    2·
    8 months ago

    The moral of the story to me is leave your smartphone at home and just bring a dumbphone if you think you could be arrested.

    My dumbphone has a broken key and it is infuriatingly hard to unlock though so it might antagonize them.

    • Dave@lemmy.nzM
      2·
      8 months ago

      Haha I think it’s probably best not to antagonise the police if you can help it!

      • liv@lemmy.nz
        2·
        8 months ago

        Exactly!

        It antagonizes the people in my life; that’s bad enough.