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FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled (www.404media.co)
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[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

between the hotspots of fingerprints and shoulder surfing risk

If ICE is close enough to you to shoulder surf you, they are close enough to manhandle you, shove you and """assist""" you into touching your privates (aka biometrics).

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 hours ago

That would fall under the scenarios in which you should have your phone locked out.