Comment

Comment on YSK, that on most smartphones, if you press the power button 5 (or more) times in quick succession, you can quickly call emergency services.

MonkeyTown@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

On iOS, 5 quick presses doesn’t call emergency services, it reverts your phone to a pre-login state and gives you emergency options.

This is super helpful to know if you have biometrics enabled. And cops can’t hold your phone in front of your face to unlock it if you do this.

Try it if you have iOS. 5 presses quick, you’ll feel a vibration to let you know it worked so you can do it from your pocket.

Sort:hotnew top

Bongles@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

So cops can’t hold your phone in front of your face to unlock it if you do this.

If you have android (and probably ios too) give your phone a quick restart if you have the opportunity to achieve the same thing.

source
- FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Power off.
  
  Many phones can be accessed by digital forensic software (like cellebrite) only after they have been unlocked for the first time.
  
  Depending on the phone, a restart may not reset the hardware security module, a power off will.
  
  source