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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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[–] Lemming421@lemmy.world 61 points 6 months ago (25 children)

Reminder that on an iPhone, if you hold the Volume Up and Power buttons simultaneously for several seconds, the phone will vibrate and will require the PIN or password next time you unlock it, not Face/TouchID. This happens whether the screen is on or off, so you can discretely do it in your pocket.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 27 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Or just use pin all the time, no face or fingerprint.

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago (7 children)

And then some random dude takes a peek at you entering said password, and steals the phone :/

[–] Finalsolo963@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

GrapheneOS has an option to scramble the numbers on the unlock screen. I don't know if that's a base android thing or available on IOS

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Correct. Not sure about iOS either, but many custom roms can, e.g. divestos, probably resurrection remix used to have it back when it was a thing (not sure here, but I distinctly remember having this feature somewhere before graphene)

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