Read about that on
zeroday's thread... My doubt is, how does that seize the funds from a card without needing a PIN?
they can take funds from prepaid debit cards because its not a registered account.
remember prepaid card is different compared to bank account debit card
I've also read that the company who makes these things gets a commission from seized funds, which I find rather "odd"...
meaning whether innocent or guilty your 7.7% worse off the moment the card is swiped.
and if found guilty later in court. the police get to keep the other 92.3%
As for the phone with Bitcoins, they risk ending up with a wallet without any funds when they eventually get to be able to spend them.
yep store bitcoins on your phone with a phone keypad lock.
store your private keys at home in a way that they wont find it if they raided your house.
then when they are trying to bruteforce the phone hopefully you or a relative can move the funds making the old private keys useless
other advice if your using a online wallet app on your phone. set up 2 accounts.. if ever asked to log in to display balance. only log into the account with least funds, should you be in a threatened situation where they wont back off unless they move funds in your presence,making you unable to move funds secretly