What I'd recommend is if you're worried about this (or worried about it in certain instances), disable biometrics to unlock the device itself. Then, passkeys on it don't really matter anymore.
On iPhone, you can quickly do this by holding down the lock button and either volume button until the shutdown screen appears. Once it appears, your phone is now locked and it will only accept the PIN (you don't need to actually shut down).
I beg to differ to those who write that such events are expected, just press a few buttons, disable, or something similar.
Imagine you are not in a a relatively "democratic" nation.
(0) You are asleep. You phone is on the nightstand. At 4:00 in the morning, you wake up with a rifle stuck in your face.
(1) You are walking down the street, middle of the day. Your phone is in you jacket inside pocket. Two burly individuals grab each of your hands, tie them and then toss you into a van that just pulled up.
(2) You are walking around, let wind on your face and feel it in your hair. Your cell phone is in your jilbab or burqa, you changed out of. A rock hits your head and you black out.
(3) you walk into the public WC/bathroom in the bar, but you do not take your phone in with you because it is just ... ick. You come back out and the phone is in the hands of a local law enforcement agent.
Each one of these have happened in real life. There are just a myriad of real scenarios where someone is not in reach of their cell phones.
On my android phone, if I hold the power button I get the option to "lockdown", which immediately locks the phone and disables biometrics for the next unlock, requiring the PIN/password.
I assume that would work for the situations you have in mind.
The event itself is often expected. Nothing happens out of the blue. The exact time of the event is unknown. So, extra precautions like disabling biometrics before leaving home is a normal risk mitigation practice.
On my android phone, if I hold the power button I get the option to "lockdown", which immediately locks the phone and disables biometrics for the next unlock, requiring the PIN/password.
I assume that would work for the situations you have in mind.
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Imagine you are not in a a relatively "democratic" nation.
(0) You are asleep. You phone is on the nightstand. At 4:00 in the morning, you wake up with a rifle stuck in your face.
(1) You are walking down the street, middle of the day. Your phone is in you jacket inside pocket. Two burly individuals grab each of your hands, tie them and then toss you into a van that just pulled up.
(2) You are walking around, let wind on your face and feel it in your hair. Your cell phone is in your jilbab or burqa, you changed out of. A rock hits your head and you black out.
(3) you walk into the public WC/bathroom in the bar, but you do not take your phone in with you because it is just ... ick. You come back out and the phone is in the hands of a local law enforcement agent.
Each one of these have happened in real life. There are just a myriad of real scenarios where someone is not in reach of their cell phones.
OKRainbowKid|1 year ago
I assume that would work for the situations you have in mind.
kdmtctl|1 year ago
OKRainbowKid|1 year ago
I assume that would work for the situations you have in mind.