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

submitted 2 years ago by TaviRider@reddthat.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Basically every Android also has a variation of this

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years 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).

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 2 years 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.

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] gibson@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 5 points 2 years 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).

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Nope.

Samsung A50 doesn't have this option.

Will keep an eye out for it though.

[–] jose1324@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You need to enable it. "show lockdown option"

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Without having to look at the device?

[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Nope :(