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Re:Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone by wrs on Saturday April 27, 2024 @02:52PM (#40182437)
Observation: If you click the power button of your iPhone five times quickly, it will require a passcode on the next unlock. It’s easy to do that by accident when you’re nervous.
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Re:Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone by frizlab on Saturday April 27, 2024 @04:00PM (#40182981)
If you long press the power and volume down button too (as soon as the UI to shutdown the phone appears).

Five-times pressing is disabled by default now IIRC, and call the authority when enabled.

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Re:Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone by wrs on Saturday April 27, 2024 @08:00PM (#40184714)
Good point, the defaults have been evolving. Check “Emergency SOS” settings and adjust to taste.
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