• Khanzarate@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Some do. You can also just restart a phone real quick and it’ll demand your passcode not biometrics.

    The passcode itself isn’t circumvented by this, after all.

    But locking/resetting your phone should be an urgent thing, if you suspect the police will take it. Apple also does this if you hit the power button 5 times fast.

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      7 months ago

      Samsung phones have a lockdown mode you can get to when you keep the power button pressed (like when you want to shut down). The legal situation is the same here in Germany - fingerprint unlock can be forced, regular pin or other measures not.

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        7 months ago

        FaceID can also be forced, they aren’t allowed to force you to give up anything you “know” as in pin/password/pattern etc.