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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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[–] [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)