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Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by hedge@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] Bipta@kbin.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's not really related to what I asked though...

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

Sorry, I misread your comment, I thought you were asking for a method other than one using lockdown mode. I doubt there's a method using location if it isn't provided by the manufacturer, because an app trying to do that would need permissions to lock the phone.