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Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2024
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This is one of many reasons you should use a password of some kind that you keep inside of your head to unlock your phone rather than a biometric that people can use to unlock it against your will.
Or just use lockdown mode in android to force phone to only unlock with password
How is that different from the usual way of having a password as your way of accessing your phone?
lockdown mode is a button that comes up with the power menu. they mean turn it on when you're pulled over or whatever
Logically, seems less safe
Practically, I DO miss unlocking the screen with my thumb 🤣
Its temporary. Just something you can quickly switch on in case of an interaction.