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.
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.
Basically every Android also has a variation of this
So you know what it is? I just tried both volume keys and all I got was TalkBack (Google’s screen reader).
it’s called lockdown mode. on my phone you press and hold the power button and select the option. you might have to enable this in settings.
Holy connoli, you are right! I just enabled it.
At least on my phone, rebooting also makes it require PIN
I find it a little useless since you can also shut it down or force restart (continuously hold power button until it restarts)
Without having to look at the device?
Nope.
Samsung A50 doesn’t have this option.
Will keep an eye out for it though.
My Samsung A11 (android 12) has a “lockdown” option when you held the power button. It would turn off all biometrics and hide notifications. You may have to dig in the settings to enable it, though
Depends on the rom. It’s in Android since 9. Samsung definitely has it, but you have to enable it
I didn’t realize how many people didn’t know this so someone should probably post a PSA and quick guide in c/Privacy.
Absent an idiotic carrier/mfg skin that disables the feature, you just long-press power then click “lockdown”.
Or reboot the device. Rebooting the device will also leave it encrypted if your device has encryption (the PIN/password is needed to decrypt, essentially).