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.

  • psychothumbs@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    This is one of many reasons you should use a password of some kind that you keep inside of your head to unlock your phone rather than a biometric that people can use to unlock it against your will.

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      7 months ago

      Or just use lockdown mode in android to force phone to only unlock with password

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          7 months ago

          lockdown mode is a button that comes up with the power menu. they mean turn it on when you’re pulled over or whatever

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          7 months ago

          Its temporary. Just something you can quickly switch on in case of an interaction.