STOP USING BIOMETRICS TO UNLOCK YOUR TECH BEFORE GOING TO A PROTEST, RALLY, OR ACCESSING BIRTH CONTROL OPTIONS
The laws surrounding 5th Amendment protections and biometric passwords are still undecided, so just turn it off.
Encrypt your tech. If you are US based, or in a country that does not protect your rights when it comes to cops, please read these article. There are not currently laws stopping the police from using your thumb or face to unlock your phone without consent or a warrant. Especially if you are taking any part in any protests throughout America, or accessing birth control needs.
Or you're, you know, queer, disabled, a person of colour, a woman, or generally just know how horrible the cops and government can be. They can pull you over for no reason, unlock your phone, and look for something to charge you with later. They can and will and have.
Cops will do ANYTHING they want, and chances are, the courts will let them.
(this might be relevant for other countries, too-- the protest rights are completely fucked here in the UK, so please be careful out there!!)
Helpfully, there is also a cop-proof your phone article as well:
At some point, everyone reaches a limit where they can no longer sit back and stay silent about injustice in the world. However, if you do p
