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Re:Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, U... by adrianmonk on Thursday April 18, 2024 @05:49PM (#40081109)
On a Pixel phone, you just select "Lockdown" from the same menu that you use to power off or restart.
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Re:Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, U... by NoGravitas on Friday April 19, 2024 @10:09AM (#40087024)
Also on LineageOS, and probably any close-to-AOSP Android. You have to enable "extended power menu" or something like that, though, and I don't remember the setting being super obvious.
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Re:Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, U... by adrianmonk on Friday April 19, 2024 @02:18PM (#40090255)
Yeah, I just checked my Samsung tablet (also Android), and it required enabling it somewhere in settings. I wish they'd enable it by default. I'm not sure why it wouldn't be that way.
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