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[–] 11 points 3 months ago (13 children)
  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    I did that, and it tried to call 911

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    For some android phones it's a setting. I have long press with an option for Lockdown and 5 click duress

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Not sure what the difference is between my adroid locking when I just tap the power button one ane when I enter lockdown mode after holding the power button. They both get to tge same needing to put in a pattern to unlock.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    I wish I read more of this thread first. In GrapheneOS it first opened my camera app and then attempted calling 911. Freaked me out so much cause I was relaxing in bed with my titties out. Also the setting is called Emergency SOS if you want to disable it.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Android varies a bit depending on the software/manufacturer. It was added in Android 9 but some software releases remove it.

    By default it is not enabled. You can search settings for "Lockdown", and then it will just be an option in the menu when you hold the power button.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Looks like it's now a permanent item in the power menu. (I just got upgraded to Android 17 and couldn't find it in settings, but it is on my power/reboot menu options already.) Thanks for the tip, I didn't even realize Android had this.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    The thing with android lockdown is that it turns back off as soon as you unlock it. For something like going to an airport, I would go into settings and disable "use biometrics to unlock" under the biometric settings. Lockdown is more of an "oh shit" button, if you have the time to do it properly make it stick until you're safe.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    Good to know - thanks for pointing that out. On my version, if I were to simply shut down my phone, it requires a pin to start - no biometrics - and (iirc) the data contained within is encrypted until the pin is entered. So the smart play would be to simply shut it off, giben the opportunity?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I'm not saying "don't use lockdown" or "don't turn it off". What I'm saying is in addition to that if you need to unlock it while you're in the airport then you want it to not be unlockable from that point with biometrics. You want the pin to kick back on by default after it's been unlocked and relocked.

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