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Re:Google Announces Pixel 4 by dkonofalski on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:50PM (#21264879)
What's your point? If someone is looking to compromise you and they have physical access to your phone, it's already over. The only situation where this matters is with law enforcement and you can click the power button to disable Face ID or Touch ID.
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Re:Google Announces Pixel 4 by ASalazarMX on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @02:59PM (#21274079)
My point is FaceID trades security for convenience. Seems like you love it, but that doesn't change the trade off.

To temporarily disable FaceID and TouchID, you "just press and hold the side button, and either one of the volume buttons".

Good luck remembering the procedure and having the time to do that in an emergency or mugging.

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Re:Google Announces Pixel 4 by dkonofalski on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @04:58PM (#21275588)
You can also just tap the Power button 5 times to require your passcode. Seems pretty easy to just tap it a million times while you're handing your phone over.
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