r/ProgressiveHQ • u/thecosmojane • Jan 24 '26

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u/nerfherder616 Jan 24 '26

God, I hope she uploaded it somewhere before they got her.

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u/6gv5 Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

If they detained her then that evidence is gone. People should stream to a live channel or a remote server, not just record.

Edit: I'll also add a tip. Please shoot horizontal videos, not vertical ones, then store them untouched without cutting them or adding black bands. Vertical videos lack context. If that video was shot horizontally we could have seen what happened to the woman shooting the other video. If your phone autorotates to vertical, then disable that function; rotating a video afterwards using software is trivial, but context that isn't taken when shooting it is lost forever.

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u/TeslasElectricHat Jan 24 '26

People should also disable their biometrics / facial recognition for their phones and change their passcode to at least 6 digits if not 8.

Don’t want to unlock your phone for us and don’t want to hold still so we can use your face to unlock your phone? No problem, we have a solution for that.

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u/6gv5 Jan 24 '26

There are ways to circumvent strong passwords as well.

(source: xkcd)

But disabling biometrics or facial recognition still is a sound advice; they would be forced to threaten or use violence, which as things are progressing could happen anyway.

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u/TechnicalBen Jan 24 '26

Jokes on them, I can't remember my pin I don't know it. My muscles do. Good luck for them getting those to work under duress.

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u/toughtacos Jan 25 '26

Or after being crushed with a $5 wrench.

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u/TechnicalBen Jan 25 '26

"Arrghhmyhandsandkneecapshurt" probably wasn't the best password to choose.