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		kstrauser 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption key... Good PINs are ones you're not allowed to brute force. You can easily configure an iPhone to wipe itself after too many wrong guesses. There's a single checkbox labeled "Erase Data", saying "Erase all data on this iPhone after 10 failed passcode attempts." You bet I have that enabled.

fylo 6 days ago [–]

My toddler would wipe my phone with that on

kstrauser 6 days ago | [–]

We each have our own threat models. Toddlers are high on that list, to be sure.

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