You can also quickly disable biometrics at any time by holding the power button and the volume-up button on your phone at the same time.
Random advice like this is worse than no advice, given they mean, "some people can do that on specific phones".
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On Android, you apparently just have to push the power button several times (six times, I think?). But yeah, the assumption that it's universal is tantamount to sharing misinformation.
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