Comment on Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops

dudeami0@lemmy.dudeami.win ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Or just know how to enable lockdown mode. On iOS that’s 5 rapid clicks of the power button, screen on or off, and it vibrates to let you know you got it without looking. Dunno what it might be for android, or if it varies by model.

  It ends up like a newly rebooted phone; requires a typed passcode.

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  • dudeami0@lemmy.dudeami.win ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I personally rather trust that my device isn’t able to be unlocked without my permission, rather than hope I am able to do some action to disable it in certain situations. The availability of such features is nice, but I would assume I would be incapable of performing such actions in the moment.

    My other thought is, how guilty is one perceived if they immediately attempt to lock their phones in such a matter, by a jury of their peers? I rather go the deniability route of I didn’t want to share my passcode vs I locked my phone down cause the cops were grabbing me.

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    • cranakis@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      For most phones, just rebooting it will drop it back to bio + passcode. That’s the quick method for me.

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      • wurstgulasch3000@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        This will also put the device in the “before first unlock” state, which will make it harder to extract data, even with physical access. After first unlock some data might be accessed even without the passcode when connecting the phone to a computer

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      • dudeami0@lemmy.dudeami.win ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        This is good to know, but adds an additional step to simply requiring a passcode to unlock on screen lock.

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  • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    (On Android five clicks on the lock screen makes an emergency call)

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    But… “Apple bad!”

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    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes, Apple is bad. They are a tax-dodging multi-trillion-dollar company. They are not good. They are not your friend.

      Android phones have this feature as well btw lol

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      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Google IS your friend?

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• Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If you reboot your phone, the first unlock can’t use biometrics

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  • Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You can also set it up so biometrics can be used by apps but not to unlock the phone. That way it’s easy to get to your apps and such but trivially more difficult to unlock.

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