Ruling: Thumbprint scan is like a “blood draw or fingerprint taken at booking.”
Case file: https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2024/04/17/22-50262.pdf
I wish there were a nice quick way to do lockdown on an Android phone. Right now you have to hold down the power button and tap the lockdown button on screen. Which requires you to pull out your phone and is completely obvious.
Shoot, even a time based lockdown, so like if you don’t use biometrics in the last hour or whatever, then you must use your passphrase. Or any other number of logic conditions like location, wifi connect, finger used…
Hold power button for 5-10 seconds to reboot.
I think Apple gets this a little bit more right. A hold of power and volume up locks it and requires the pin to unlock.
i believe this apple update was introduced after the court which ruled that it is ok to force you to unlock with the fingerprint, but not ok to demand the pin.
there was a case when police wanted to unlock a gangster’s girlfriend iphone.
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