Deadmans-switch, nice. I always had a weird fascination for that kind of mechanism, because it inverts the whole situation. Where before you have to actively wipe a phone, now them taking your phone may be the mechanism that triggers the wipe.

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bilegeek a day ago | parent [-]

Is it legally better? Absolutely. But all they have to do is say "they did this as a legal workaround for that" and you're no better off, at least not without spending the same amount on lawyers. You can't out-tech your way around a corrupt system, they will find a way to get you.

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8note a day ago | parent [-]

if you have it running constantly, i dont think that argument can be made

id expect that youd be ordered to retain the data though, if an investigation is being done

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margalabargala 17 hours ago | parent [-]

Any argument can be made, and accepted by a judge, in a sufficiently corrupt system. Like the parent said, you can't out tech this because logic ceases to be applied to laws. It instead become heads I win, tails you lose.

	▲	atoav 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes sure, given a sufficiently corrupt system nothing helps. Even being innocent and revealing everything won't help. But this stance amounts to giving up. Within the wiggle room a system gives us there are still ways to widen cracks or attach a lever, however small they may be.