A thief flags you down, grabs your phone and makes you unlock it using your thumb.

A cop opens the cop car door, grabs your hand and unlocks your phone, or even easier, face unlock.

Granted, guns and torture are rather effective as well, but is anyone entirely against fingerprint unlocking?

  • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    (and I’m not just saying that because that’s what a meth dealer would say)

    Hmm sound like something a meth dealer would say

    And yeah android does have a lockdown button, if you press and hold the power button, its in the options.

    Alternatively you can quickly spam the wrong finger over the sensor a few times until it requires the pass code, which will work for iOS too.

    Edit: after a quick test the “wrong finger” method has a a fatal flaw. After using the wrong finger a few times, the pass code UI appears. If you back out of it you can still use finger unlock. You have to get to the code UI and back out 2-3 times before it says too many failed attempts and forces you to use the pin.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 day ago

      And yeah android does have a lockdown button, if you press and hold the power button, its in the options.

      For those of us, that opens G-Assistant by just pressing the power button:
      Power + Vol up

    • FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Hmm sound like something a meth dealer would say

      I assure you. I’m not a meth dealer. Really. I don’t know what else to tell you!

      Thanks for answering my question.

    • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Also, for the ones that support reset after 10 wrong passcodes, enable that shit. SIM PIN too (mostly for various other reasons.)

    • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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      2 days ago

      It may vary between models. Mine if you spam the wrong finger it just counts down 30 seconds before you can try again. But restarting does force a pass entry before fingerprint will work again. I guess the caveat is you have to be able to hold down the power and then select a restart.

      • pirat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I don’t want to test this right now, but some of my previous devices would just reboot after keeping the power button pressed for approx. 10-30 sec, overruling the need to use the on-screen shutdown menu - probably to be able to escape a frozen/broken system without waiting for the unremovable battery to run out. That could very well still be the case for some current devices out there.