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Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules::Phone-unlocking case law is "total mess," may be ripe for Supreme Court review.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

this is still up in the air, but it seems to be generally breaking such that police can force you to use fingerprints or faceID to unlock your phone because fingerprints and face scans are evidence, but you can refuse to give them a passcode because a passcode is testimony. so use passcodes, not biometrics.

[–] hackitfast 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That's what the 'Lockdown' feature on Pixel phones does.

https://9to5google.com/2022/03/08/how-to-enable-lockdown-mode-on-pixel/

Impossible to force a fingerprint or face scan because it asks the phone to only accept passcodes.

[–] chiliedogg 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think all Android phones have this feature, but it has to be turned on.

You can also turn your phone off if they ask for it. Phones need the password to unlock if they've been turned off.

But I like lockdown more, since it can still record audio.

[–] dorron 4 points 11 months ago

Wow thanks had no idea this was an option on my Samsung. . it was just hiding disabled in my settings as "lockdown mode"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Also nice to know, on an iPhone you can press power and volume up for a few second and then cancel the upcoming dialog. It will only be then require your pin to enable any other authentication method.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

On recent almost all Androids from the last decade+ you can reboot them to force a PIN requirement, and lockdown mode is available on most recent Android phones, not just Pixel