Seems like it would be better to have a truecrypt type of situation, where if you put in a certain pin, then it just logs you into a separate OS with nothing you want to hide.

Obviously have the duress pin if what’s in your phone is worse than the obstruction charges too.

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dredmorbius 5 hours ago | parent [-]

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49389273>

	▲	phoghed 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In the truecrypt scenario you’d be using the hidden and encrypted volume only for what you explicitly want to keep hidden and use the other one for your daily life. So in the article situation, the guy is a protestor and presumably suspects he’s going to be targeted by the police for it. He’d keep that stuff isolated from his usual activity. There’d be no need to generate convincing fake activity. Certainly more of a hassle than having a PIN that can destroy everything.