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Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now
(theintercept.com)
this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2026
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Hold down the side button and either volume button for two seconds until the "Slide to power off" screen appears, then tap cancel to lock it*. Alternatively, press the side/power button 5 times rapidly to activate Emergency SOS and lock the phone.
Is this for iPhone or Android?
iPhone
This makes sense. Any time I see someone acting as though there is one type of phone, it's an iPhone user. For example, only an iPhone user will recommend an iOS-only app because it literally never occurred to them that another platform exists.
My android is long press the power to select lockdown, or you can select a 5 quick presses type gesture to activate lockdown or another action
Power + Volume Down is screenshot in Android, so I'm guessing iPhone.
Varies by phone. Pressing power 5x on mine dials emergency services.
Probably. On mine this works