Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules

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Can they force you to look at your phone though? Attention aware Face ID requires eyes ball on screen.

And as others have stated, holding volume up and power u til the iPhone vibrates locks the phone requiring the passcode.

Five quick presses of the lock button does this too, but beware as I think the default behaviour also starts a 3 second countdown to calling emergency services.

Pressing the power and a volume button for >2s (the same combination as shutting down the phone) also disables faceID and does not call emergency services.

There’s a setting to disable the call, I just did it that long back I wasn’t sure if that’s still the default.