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Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The legal situation is more complex and nuanced than the headline implies, so the article is worth reading. This adds another ruling to the confusing case history regarding forced biometric unlocking.

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[–] jose1324 20 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Basically every Android also has a variation of this

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Absent an idiotic carrier/mfg skin that disables the feature, you just long-press power then click "lockdown".

Or reboot the device. Rebooting the device will also leave it encrypted if your device has encryption (the PIN/password is needed to decrypt, essentially).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So you know what it is? I just tried both volume keys and all I got was TalkBack (Google's screen reader).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

it's called lockdown mode. on my phone you press and hold the power button and select the option. you might have to enable this in settings.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Holy connoli, you are right! I just enabled it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

At least on my phone, rebooting also makes it require PIN

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, that's right. Which is fucking annoying, to be honest.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I find it a little useless since you can also shut it down or force restart (continuously hold power button until it restarts)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Nope.

Samsung A50 doesn't have this option.

Will keep an eye out for it though.

[–] jose1324 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the rom. It's in Android since 9. Samsung definitely has it, but you have to enable it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I didn't realize how many people didn't know this so someone should probably post a PSA and quick guide in c/Privacy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

My Samsung A11 (android 12) has a "lockdown" option when you held the power button. It would turn off all biometrics and hide notifications. You may have to dig in the settings to enable it, though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If you don't, just force power restart it. You can search this up online for your model.

https://www.hardreset.info/devices/samsung/samsung-galaxy-a50/softreset-second-method/

[–] Fallenwout 1 points 7 months ago

You need to enable it. "show lockdown option"

[–] Clent 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Without having to look at the device?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Nope :(