High Police! Don't look at the iPhone X screen

It seems like a joke but it is true and it is that looking at the screen of an iPhone X, an iPhone XS, an iPhone XS Max or an iPhone XR (when it is put on sale) can be a problem in the police investigation when the suspect has one of these terminals with the Face ID sensor.

We all remember that image of Craig Federighi on stage "with a face of circumstances"  when the iPhone X presented in 2017 was not unlocked instantly and the fault was not a failure of the sensor in question, but previously the Face ID tried to unlock other faces and finally after several negatives (remember that only one face can be registered ) that iPhone X was blocked and only responded to the numeric code.

PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 03: A customer uses the new face-recognition software on the Apple iPhone X, the new model of Apple smartphone at the Apple Store Saint-Germain on November 3, 2017 in Paris, France. Apple's latest iPhone X features face recognition technology, a large 5.8-inch edge-to-edge high resolution OLED display and better front and back cameras with optical image stabilization. (Photo by Chesnot / Getty Images)

The default code is 6 digits and this is another problem

So in a possible investigation of a suspect who has an iPhone X or later it is important that the authorities do not look directly at the smartphone so that it is blocked since later it will be more difficult to obtain the data that can be used to accuse the detainee. A few weeks ago we saw how the police used Face ID to unlock a suspect's iPhone X And although this is "not entirely legal" there is no regulation in force, so they got the necessary information and that's it. In the event that the agent or agents had looked at the iPhone directly, it would have been locked with the code.

In an internal statement, the police have instructions on how to act if the suspect has an iPhone with a Face ID sensor. It seems laughable but really until the law does not regulate this type of action the authorities can use this legal vacuum to get details of a device, yes, as long as they don't block it and then need to use the code.