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.

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    8 months ago

    Not sure about all phone models, but at least with mine, if I switch it off then it requires a PIN, rather than biometrics, upon being switched back on. Thus if the police arrive, immediately switching off your phone could be a sensible thing to do

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      8 months ago

      On iPhone, maybe Android too, you click the power button 5 times and you have enter the pin.

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          8 months ago

          press and hold the lock button and select the option to enter lockdown mode. lockdown mode requires the PIN.

          this might be an option in settings if yours does not have it enabled already.

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        8 months ago

        Watch out I guess, because that opens the Emergency SOS page on my OnePlus phone and, if I have an additional setting toggled, automatically phones emergency services… the phone does not lock