How do you set that up on an Android or iOS device?

yootyootr · on April 19, 2023

Use a TOTP for a second factor of authentication and give it to your friend abroad.

flangola7 · on April 21, 2023

So you have to contact your friend every time you unlock your phone screen?

mptest · on April 21, 2023

That's what your lawyer would say is the case is the impression I got. Or, more seriously, perhaps that could be a toggle. Similar to how if you hit the panic button on iphones it no longer takes biometrics until you give it the code? That might solve for ease of use.

flangola7 · on April 23, 2023

Lawyers aren't allowed to lie in court.

Hitting a panic button would mostly likely qualify as evidence tampering, disruption of investigation, or evasion of justice.

eertami · on May 3, 2023

These were non-uniformed undercover police that intercepted the guy. In this scenario it's very plausible to think you're about to be robbed, and hitting a 'lock device until I return home' panic button could never be considered any of those things given the circumstances (under UK law, anyway.)