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Police want the password to your phone (reason.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (21 children)

Don't use biometrics and if you do, power off your phone before it's siezed.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (18 children)

PSA hitting your power button (5)? times in a row (however many it takes to bring up the SOS screen) on an iPhone will disable biometric login until you’ve entered your password again.

You can also hold to power down but not actually go through with it, I believe.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's not how it works on Android phones. Different Android phones will work differently based on the manufacturer and customization of the installed OS.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hence why they said “iPhone” in their post.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hence why I provided information for people using Android phones.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

nuh uh! android phones work super differently!

You wanna point out that information?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

You reading something that wasn't written isn't on me.

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