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Re:Evidence that the FBI can hack into private Signal messag... by sneak on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @06:47PM (#26096415)
One thing they did do: if you bring up the power off screen (by holding power, or power+volume up, depending on model) then it disables biometric unlock, even if you don't power it off. Bringing up the power off slider screen is sufficient to force a passcode-only unlock.
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Re:Evidence that the FBI can hack into private Signal messag... by gen3 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @08:59PM (#26097363)
You can also disable biometrics by spamming the lock button.
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Re:Evidence that the FBI can hack into private Signal messag... by sneak on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @09:28PM (#26097541)
On the latest iOS, on the latest/largest iPhone, this does not appear to be true any longer.
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Re:Evidence that the FBI can hack into private Signal messag... by phnofive on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:28PM (#26097938)
It does; five rapid clicks to the side button will trigger an alarm and require a passcode to unlock.
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Re:Evidence that the FBI can hack into private Signal messag... by sneak on Thursday February 11, 2021 @05:15AM (#26099989)
Unable to reproduce on iPhone 12 Pro Max on 14.4.
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Re:Evidence that the FBI can hack into private Signal messag... by phnofive on Thursday February 11, 2021 @05:52AM (#26100198)
Do you have ‘Call with Side Button’ enabled?
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