Hi, If the equipment belongs to the employer, the employer has every right to the password. Just like if a smart phone is provided for work, then the phone belongs to the employer and you are obligated to give them access, especially when you leave that employment. In fact, putting anything personal on an employer's piece of equipment is ill advised at best.
If you work for the government, everything on a work device is also open to a public records request, meaning nothing is private. Now, if it is your personal equipment, that is a completely different story unless you are using it for work tasks, which is also ill advised. . Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chip Orange Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2017 1:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: A cool feature you'll see in IOS 11 on Tuesday Gordon, I have personally known of cases in the U.S. where a disgruntled employee was forced by court order to reveal a password to his former employer's computer system. Are you saying that somehow your fifth amendment rights treat your entering the pin to your phone differently and so you cannot be forced to do this? I have serious doubts that you are correct on this statement. Chip -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2017 5:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: A cool feature you'll see in IOS 11 on Tuesday so the feature is called emergency SOS. It's been available on watches since 2016, but now it's coming to the iPhone. This allows you to press the power button five times in a row to call emergency services. There are two configurable options. The first is the default setting where it presents you with a dialog to choose if you want to proceed with your call or cancel out of it. You can enable auto dial and it will auto dial after three seconds. But there is something else that's cool that you can do with it. If anyone is ever trying to force you to use your finger print to unlock your phone, you can press the power button five times as long is auto dial is disabled. This will force one to enter your pen or password as if you just restarted your phone for that unlock session. the website I read used law enforcement as an example. Here in the US law enforcement can force you by warrant too use your finger print to give them access to your phone, however they can't force you to enter a pen or password. That would be a violation of your fifth amendment right. I've known some blind people who had over protective family members who would try to force them to give them access to their phones to get in their business. So this would be a way where only you could unlock the phone and no one could use your finger print to quickly gain access. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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