Handy info to iPhone users:

Randahl Fink

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Laukidh/116026768953675644

When you go through an airport or meet the police, press the power button and either volume button for three seconds. This puts your phone in a state where it can only be unlocked with your passcode.

So if anyone ever tells you to hand over your phone, you can do this immediately and prevent them from unlocking it with your face.

Beachbum

@randahl I don’t use any biometrics but this is good advice for those who do.

Kevin Russell

@randahl

Please boost this to your iPhone-using friends and accounts.

#ice #iphone #security #phoneLocks #nokings #dems

J.P. Wing

@randahl honestly, if someone demanded my phone, not only would I do this, I’d also forcefully drop it on the floor.

No one asks for wallets or purses, why on earth would I even chance someone having access to my entire life via my phone.

The hell with that.

Lightfighter

@randahl On current Android phones a long press on the power button gives the option for "Lock down" mode. This turns off biometrics.

Swifty the Shrew

@randahl Or simply not use the face/thumbprint garbage in the first place.

...a pleasant rascal

@randahl If you use bio-metrics, you've already handed over the keys to someone out there - in the form of a finger print, your facial features, or your eye's (iris) blueprint. This is a false sense of security. People protect their Social Security Number with more vigor than a scanned finger print!

Wulfy—Speaker to the machines

@randahl

In #Australia it's a criminal offences not to unlock your device.
Punishable by up to ten years in jail.

But then we are a criminal colony....still