Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone
reason.com
The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station.
  • Scotty_Trees@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Holy crap this is a great tip I did not know! I haven’t had a run in with the police in like a decade, but better safe than sorry. Hopefully I never need to use it, but I just tried it on my iphone and works like a charm, so thanks mate!

    • bolexforsoupEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Another dude pointed out you can hold lock + volume up as well