The legal situation is more complex and nuanced than the headline implies, so the article is worth reading. This adds another ruling to the confusing case history regarding forced biometric unlocking.

    • admiralteal@kbin.social
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      3 months ago

      Absent an idiotic carrier/mfg skin that disables the feature, you just long-press power then click “lockdown”.

      Or reboot the device. Rebooting the device will also leave it encrypted if your device has encryption (the PIN/password is needed to decrypt, essentially).

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      3 months ago

      So you know what it is? I just tried both volume keys and all I got was TalkBack (Google’s screen reader).

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        3 months ago

        it’s called lockdown mode. on my phone you press and hold the power button and select the option. you might have to enable this in settings.