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  1. I am surprised that no phone yet allows to register “wipe everything“ fingerprint. Police grabs your finger and forces it on the reader? Lol, you just wiped that phone, idiots.

    Or a specific grimace for a face unlock. Just stick your tongue out and poof.

  2. AbeFromanEast on

    TLDR: thanks to a bizarre confluence of recent Supreme Court decisions police do not need a warrant to use your face or fingerprints to unlock your phone.

    They still need a warrant if biometrics is *off* and a keycode is *required*.

    The current Supreme Court does not like the 4th Amendment.

  3. Opportunityyy on

    I have a 14+ character alphanumeric password. While I would love to turn off Face ID it’d be an absolute pain in the ass to type that bich in every time…also less safe since cameras can record you typing it in

  4. NeverInsightful on

    Fun fact: press the right side button on your iPhone 5 times rapidly and it clears your current session, requiring password to unlock biometric sign in again.

  5. Few-Refrigerator763 on

    iPhones, click power button 5 times and the biometrics turn off.

  6. This is **terrible** advice for the majority of people. This encourages people to use simple passcodes that can be easily observed over your shoulder or through camera footage, making it trivial to access your device for both thieves and law enforcement. Great job, Intercept.

    Continue to use biometrics, but if you’re in a highly targeted environment, use advanced data protection and set any app with sensitive data to require additional authorization.

    Also, for iPhones, squeezing the side buttons for a few seconds activates SOS mode, which will disable biometric authentication in an emergency. You should also consider just keeping your device off when not needed, or don’t store access to sensitive data on a work or personal device.

    We’re in dire times right now, be safe everyone.

  7. neohampster on

    Lol „this is not a paywall“ we just want your email to sell to people. I would rather you put up a paywall honestly.

  8. tricksterloki on

    In this scenario, your fingerprint is seen as a physical key. You can „forget“ a password or combination.

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