Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone

https://lemmy.world/post/14799233

Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone - Lemmy.World

Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California released a ruling that concluded state highway police were acting lawfully when they forcibly unlocked a suspect’s phone using their fingerprint.

You can turn that and Face ID off on iOS by mashing the power button 5 times- it locks everything down.

⚠️ WARNING: On android, mashing the power button 5 times calls emergency services…
Not on my Pixel 6. 🤷‍♂️
Cool, you disabled the gesture. Clearly the default SO setting doesn’t apply to you…
I didn’t even know it existed. I had to search to find the setting, but I see it exists on my phone and it’s disabled. I don’t recall disabling it though.