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Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone (gizmodo.com)
submitted 10 months ago by return2ozma to c/technology
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[–] carl_dungeon 201 points 10 months ago (69 children)

Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California released a ruling that concluded state highway police were acting lawfully when they forcibly unlocked a suspect’s phone using their fingerprint.

You can turn that and Face ID off on iOS by mashing the power button 5 times- it locks everything down.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 10 months ago (18 children)

⚠️ WARNING: On android, mashing the power button 5 times calls emergency services.....

[–] then_three_more 43 points 10 months ago (2 children)

On android you can add a 'lockdown' mode to the power menu.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks for this, didn't know this was an option.

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