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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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[–] 20 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Just to clarify and expand a bit: It’s 5 presses not 6, and you can do it in your pocket because it gives you a haptic feedback signal when it works, of a quick vibration in a unique pattern.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

    It’ll also trigger a call to 911, which is gonna be hard to disable in your pocket

    Edit: this is configurable behavior

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    No it doesn’t. It just locks the screen and requires passcode. It’s the same thing that happens if you hold power and volume to bring up the emergency call or power off screen.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    I just tested on my iPhone and it does. Guessing it’s a setting.

    … and after checking it is indeed a setting. Not sure if I turned that on or if it was on by default.

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