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Re:Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then t... by kibwen on Friday October 22, 2021 @09:32AM (#28956974)
On Android, rebooting the phone will disable biometric login until the passcode is re-entered.
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Re:Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then t... by 8bitbuddhist on Friday October 22, 2021 @10:03AM (#28957306)
You can do the same by pressing and holding the power button on the lock screen to pull up a menu, then press Lockdown. I'm not sure if it's enabled by default, but it is a security option on at least Android 11+.
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Re:Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then t... by NoGravitas on Friday October 22, 2021 @11:30AM (#28958479)
At least 10+, and I think it may have been introduced in 9 if I remember past upgrades correctly. I don't think it's something enabled by default, but it is available to turn on in the default security settings page.
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Re:Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then t... by dylan604 on Friday October 22, 2021 @11:17AM (#28958297)
Kind of hard to do that in front of the coppers though, especially if they have already taken it from you.
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Re:Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then t... by devmor on Friday October 22, 2021 @11:06AM (#28958183)
Same on iOS and iPadOS. Power cycling requires the passcode.
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