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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So like it disables then stays disabled until you manually re-activate?

So a confiscated phone goes into lockdown mode?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah. It's pretty rad. I've been playing with it all day.

If I set my watch and airplane mode it also immediately locks the phone, but it also does that when it goes out of range. It looks like the app should work with any Bluetooth device so any wearable should work just fine or even earphones if you really wanted.