Phone-unlocking case law is "total mess," may be ripe for Supreme Court review.

Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules::Phone-unlocking case law is “total mess,” may be ripe for Supreme Court review.

    • 🗑️😸@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Android also has a Lockdown mode that will disable biometrics until you unlock with the pin.

        • Bruno Finger@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          It depends, you can pick it. It can range from a simple 4 digit numeric PIN to a full blown alphanumeric with symbols password text field. But I guess the most common is that grid gesture thing, which in some phones you can also customise the size of the grid itself. All these options work as the default fallback to biometrics.

          As far as I know as well, you are required to input your pin/password/gesture after a long period of inactivity, after X days, and after a reboot, before being able to use biometrics again.

        • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Pins are pretty damn secure because after too many wrong guesses the phone will start making you wait a long time between attempts.

          OTOH, as a point of reference, Microsoft requires an 8-digit pin on phones that can access comment resources. It was 6 until very recently, though, so that’s probably fine if you’re not a target of corporate espionage.