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Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops
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this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2024
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"what's a phone?"
"I don't know why my fingerprint isn't working" (biometrics are disabled)
"I don't remember my passcode" (it's a pattern input field)
"The guy at the phone place changed it for me"
"It's never really worked right."
"There's no Google on it tho." (What does this even mean?)
"Who do you need to call anyway?"
"Can't you just use your own phone?"
Just act like the dumbest creature on earth.
And if you're Black - get shot for "talking back"
input the wrong password like 5 times to lock up the phone then say its muscle memory and you don't remember the password numbers
iPhone tip to require password to open:
or
(Edit: ahh, this tip’s been given several times now, only new info is that either volume down or volume up or both will work)
This is how you go to prison.
you can lie to cops but not feds