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[USA] Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone (reason.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Because they would be the ones actually entering it, you would just say some numbers out loud.

But probably the smarter thing to do would be to leave the wipe code on a sticky note inside the phone case and hope they try it.