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That is true, in some countries they can demand that you use your biometrics to unlock your phone. In other words, if you can unlock your phone by simply looking at it or using your thumbprint, they can demand that you unlock your phone using that. From what I understand the United States now does this. They can’t demand to give up your pin number because they can’t require you to give up something that’s inside your head. But biometrics are not what is inside your head that is publicly available data. So they can use that to require you to unlock your phone. Personally, I think it’s a bullshit concept that they can require you to do that.

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9point6@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Everyone should know most phones have a lockdown mode that makes it require a pin to unlock the next time

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- andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yep, that is so true
  
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cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
On an iPhone, press the side button five times. Then cancel. You’ll need the pin.

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- billbasher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Also hold Vol Up + Power (shutdown) but then cancel will do the same
  
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BrickEater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Tbh I never understood bio locks, like why tf would I give that data willingly to apple/google

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- Tanoh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Convenience mostly, like a lot of aspects of security there is no one correct answer. And it is never an option between total security and none at all. It all depends on your risk vs convenience level, and it is usually a sliding scale between those two (some times other factors as well)
  
  You can enter lockdown mode before going through customs, or disable biometrics
  
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  - BrickEater@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Yeah… If you’re dumb enough to give your biometrics over because its convenient then I have little to no sympathy for you.
    
    And honestly? More things should be inconvenient we as a society are far too coddled with comforts and convenience. Its why no one fucking thinks for themselves anymore and are perfectly happy to lap up AI slop. Decades of Capitalist conveniences and comfort have made people lazy, complacent and unwilling or unable to fight for ourselves and others. Toovafraid to lose their Convenience.
    
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foodandart@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
That only works as long as you use those login options. If you stick to a PIN code only… well… whoop!

There it is. Too bad, so sad…

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- andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Exactly. That’s why I don’t use biometrics to unlock my phone.
  
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