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Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone (gizmodo.com)

submitted 6 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 201 points 6 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.

[–] MostlyGibberish@lemm.ee 57 points 6 months ago (18 children)

Android has a similar feature. It's called "Lockdown mode" on the shutdown menu. Locks the phone and turns off any biometric unlocks.

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 34 points 6 months ago (17 children)

Except it doesn't activate by mashing the power button 5 times. On my Pixel 8, that activates the emergency dialer that will automatically call 911 if you don't cancel the prompt in 5 seconds. I did not know that before. Probably a better use for that feature. It also points out the different ideologies of Apple vs Android.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 2 points 6 months ago

"Oh shit, what's happening? NO NO NO!"

Yup, can confirm.

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