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		DennisP on May 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Feds searching passenger cell phones at SFO This is a cool idea, but it would also give them a way to tell that they're looking at the duress account.

finnn on May 11, 2017 [–]

How so? Presumably there would be nothing in the UI to indicate that it's recording anything, and the data would be stored outside of the restricted container.

thfuran on May 11, 2017 | [–]

Perhaps not an easy way, but any data transmission from your phone is detectable with external sensors.

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