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Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules(arstechnica.com)

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Luvon@beehaw.org
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Can they force you to look at your phone though? Attention aware Face ID requires eyes ball on screen.

And as others have stated, holding volume up and power u til the iPhone vibrates locks the phone requiring the passcode.

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Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Five quick presses of the lock button does this too, but beware as I think the default behaviour also starts a 3 second countdown to calling emergency services.

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B0rax@feddit.de
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Pressing the power and a volume button for >2s (the same combination as shutting down the phone) also disables faceID and does not call emergency services.

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Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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There’s a setting to disable the call, I just did it that long back I wasn’t sure if that’s still the default.

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