Comment on Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 9 months ago
this is still up in the air, but it seems to be generally breaking such that police can force you to use fingerprints or faceID to unlock your phone because fingerprints and face scans are evidence, but you can refuse to give them a passcode because a passcode is testimony. so use passcodes, not biometrics.
hackitfast@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s what the ‘Lockdown’ feature on Pixel phones does.
9to5google.com/…/how-to-enable-lockdown-mode-on-p…
Impossible to force a fingerprint or face scan because it asks the phone to only accept passcodes.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I think all Android phones have this feature, but it has to be turned on.
You can also turn your phone off if they ask for it. Phones need the password to unlock if they’ve been turned off.
But I like lockdown more, since it can still record audio.
dorron@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Wow thanks had no idea this was an option on my Samsung. . it was just hiding disabled in my settings as “lockdown mode”
hubobes@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Also nice to know, on an iPhone you can press power and volume down for a few second and then cancel the upcoming dialog. It will only be then require your pin to enable any other authentication method.
Natanael@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
On recent almost all Androids from the last decade+ you can reboot them to force a PIN requirement, or on most recent ones you can enable lockdown mode
zdnet.com/…/how-to-use-the-android-lockdown-mode-…