Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoDon’t ever hand your phone to the copswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down13
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minus-squarecranakis@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 hours agoFor most phones, just rebooting it will drop it back to bio + passcode. That’s the quick method for me.
minus-squarewurstgulasch3000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoThis will also put the device in the “before first unlock” state, which will make it harder to extract data, even with physical access. After first unlock some data might be accessed even without the passcode when connecting the phone to a computer
minus-squaredudeami0AlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoThis is good to know, but adds an additional step to simply requiring a passcode to unlock on screen lock.
For most phones, just rebooting it will drop it back to bio + passcode. That’s the quick method for me.
This will also put the device in the “before first unlock” state, which will make it harder to extract data, even with physical access. After first unlock some data might be accessed even without the passcode when connecting the phone to a computer
This is good to know, but adds an additional step to simply requiring a passcode to unlock on screen lock.