Re: California opts out of 4th Amendment

[Chris Boyd <cboyd () gizmopartners com>]

On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 22:53 +1300, Nick FitzGerald wrote:
> > I believe that at least blackberries have that capability
> > (10 bad passwords and wipe).
>
> That's not strictly a "duress password".
>
> To me, that term designates a specific feature where a "special 
> password" is configured such that, if that password is entered
> instead 
> of the "correct" one, the device takes that as an indication to "do 
> something special".
>
> In the case of a mobile computing device the "something 
> special" may be to disable all radio functions (cell, WiFi, BT), 
> external ports/buses (USB, unused memory card slots, Ethernet, etc), 
> disable the power switch function and engage a secure overwrite 
> procedure on all functioning storage devices. 

iPhones and iPads can be configured to wipe after 10 tries as well.

That's a pretty good description of the actions needed, Nick.

--Chris

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