Cops can force your finger onto an iPhone to see if it unlocks, says judge

Re:Cops can force your finger onto an iPhone to see if it un... by basseq on Friday April 26, 2019 @09:59AM (#19757527)

> holding power + volume up for a few seconds disables biometrics silently

I didn't know about this great shortcut until today. Note that it isn't particularly "silent", as it displays an "Emergency SOS" slider that, when canceled, prompts you for your password.

Apparently, saying "Hey Siri, whose phone is this?" will disable biometrics as well.

Finally, you may be interested in the "Police" shortcut[1], which sends a text to a contact, starts recording voice and video, and saves it to the cloud.

[1] https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/2d68cb1ee7b84f08ace2fd600b9...

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Re:Cops can force your finger onto an iPhone to see if it un... by klodolph on Friday April 26, 2019 @11:18AM (#19758396)

> Apparently, saying "Hey Siri, whose phone is this?" will disable biometrics as well.

This does not work on 7+, at least. Nor does holding side button + volume up. Pressing the side button 5 times will bring up the emergency screen (just press "cancel" when it shows up) and disable biometrics.

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Re:Cops can force your finger onto an iPhone to see if it un... by basseq on Friday April 26, 2019 @03:43PM (#19761111)

Confirmed both the Hey Siri and Power+Volume tricks do work on an iPhone 8-Plus running iOS 12.2. Wonder if it doesn’t work on older phones, but surprised it’s not tied to iOS version.

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Re:Cops can force your finger onto an iPhone to see if it un... by m463 on Sunday April 28, 2019 @09:10PM (#19775033)

also works on 8+ and ios 11

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Re:Cops can force your finger onto an iPhone to see if it un... by iheartpotatoes on Friday April 26, 2019 @01:19PM (#19759760)

Thanks! I have a 7p and noticed those didn't work. The 5-click method is easy to remember.

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Re:Cops can force your finger onto an iPhone to see if it un... by Crosseye_Jack on Friday April 26, 2019 @05:53PM (#19762099)

For me the Siri trick only works if the phone is already locked.

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Re:Cops can force your finger onto an iPhone to see if it un... by hprotagonist on Friday April 26, 2019 @10:19AM (#19757762)

it's audibly silent -- on post-iPhoneX models, clicking power 5 times will emit a siren tone and then autodial 911 in addition to locking out biometrics.

power + volumeup displays on the screen but does not emit a noise.

I think the police shortcut got nerfed with 12.2, but I'm not sure.

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Re:Cops can force your finger onto an iPhone to see if it un... by rhinoceraptor on Friday April 26, 2019 @12:42PM (#19759368)

Clicking the power 5 times also gives me a heart attack when I do it accidentally when I'm trying to turn up my podcast.

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Re:Cops can force your finger onto an iPhone to see if it un... by basseq on Friday April 26, 2019 @10:28AM (#19757849)

Good clarification, thanks.

I can't find any immediate results on the Police shortcut no longer working—almost every reference is from Q3 2018.

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